Casablanca hosts third Africa-USA ministerial conference on energy

The third Africa-USA ministerial conference on energy will be organized in Casablanca next June 3-4 under the main theme "energy partnerships for a sustainable development: supplies security and regional integration."

Organized by the Moroccan ministry of industry, commerce, energy and mining, the conference will probe the promotion of energy programs in Africa, and industrial partnerships in the field of energy technologies, and seek to foster regional expertise for a sustainable economic and social development.

Business and partnership meetings will be held by African and American enterprises on the sidelines of the conference.

African ministers in charge of energy, and some 300 experts of the sector, including representatives of governments, financial bodies, NGOs and private enterprises will take part in the conference, the ministry said.