By Executives from Standard Bank, Africa Finance Corporation, Premier Invest and Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI) will join the Angola Oil & Gas 2026 conference in Luanda from September 9-10, organisers Energy Capital & Power said on Wednesday, as the country seeks to attract financing for upstream projects and local companies.
The event, known as AOG 2026, will include a pre-conference day on September 8 and bring together financial institutions, government officials, project developers and entrepreneurs, according to organisers.
Angola is seeking to mobilise both international and domestic capital to support its next phase of oil and gas investment, as well as related infrastructure, the organisers said in a statement.
BAI, a Silver Sponsor of the conference, is broadening its role in financing Angola’s energy sector as domestic lenders take on more responsibility for supporting projects and local companies.
The bank offers project finance, structured finance and capital markets services, and has increasingly targeted mid-sized developments, onshore projects and Angolan-owned companies that often struggle to access international capital.
BAI Chief Executive LuÃs Filipe Rodrigues Lélis will speak at the conference on the role local banks play in supporting Angolan oil and gas entrepreneurs, organisers said.
Standard Bank, which will also attend, previously served as underwriter and bookrunner on a $1.3 billion pre-export finance facility for state oil company Sonangol in 2024, according to the statement.
The bank additionally provides contract financing, purchase-order finance and invoice discounting to oil and gas businesses operating in Angola.
Fernando Chivinda, the bank’s executive director for business and commercial banking, will represent Standard Bank at the conference, organisers said, adding that access to finance remains central both to large-scale project development and to the growth of Angolan companies across the energy value chain.
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a multilateral finance institution and an Elite Sponsor of AOG 2026, has invested close to $1 billion in Angola across the power, rail, logistics and critical minerals sectors, according to the statement.
In the oil and gas sector specifically, AFC contributed $60 million to a $190 million debt facility that backed Etu Energias’ acquisition of interests in offshore Blocks 14 and 14K, the statement said. That transaction doubled the independent producer’s net production at the time, from about 9,000 barrels per day to roughly 19,000 barrels per day.
AFC Vice President for Investment Taiwo Okwor and Senior Associate for Energy Resources Tobi Edun are due to attend the conference, organisers said, and will bring experience in structuring and mobilising capital as Angola seeks financing for energy projects and associated infrastructure.
Premier Invest, an investment firm led by founder and managing partner René Awambeng, advises on and structures transactions across the energy value chain and works with global investors and regional financial institutions to mobilise capital for projects.
Awambeng will attend AOG 2026 as Angola looks to widen its sources of capital and connect project developers with investors capable of moving opportunities toward bankability and execution.
Angola, one of Africa’s largest oil producers, has been working to diversify financing sources for its energy sector as the industry evolves, Energy Capital & Power, an investment platform focused on the continent’s energy value chain.
The AOG conference has previously drawn government officials, international oil companies and financiers to Luanda to discuss upstream development, gas commercialisation and related infrastructure.
This year’s edition comes as Angola’s national oil company, Sonangol, and independent producers pursue new offshore and onshore developments, and as the government has sought to encourage greater participation by domestic firms in the sector.
