The PetroAfricanus ClubThe PetroAfricanus Club, founded in London 2004, and drawing its origins from the African explorer, Leo Africanus (c. 1494–c. 1554), is dedicated to exploration and development in Africa’s oil and gas Industry, focused on the upstream oil and gas-LNG business, across the Continent - from Cape-Cairo, Mauritania to Madagascar, covering sub-Saharan Africa, the Sahel and Maghreb-North Africa. The Club acts to connect corporate and state players, and facilitate global industry interest and deal flow in Africa’s upstream, through high-level networking with senior executives from around the world engaged in Africa. The PetroAfricanus Club was founded, with Annual Programs organised, by Global Pacific & Partners’ Senior Partners: Dr Duncan Clarke (Chairman of the Board), the President of the Club, and Babette van Gessel (Chief Executive), its Executive Director.PetroAfricanus provides a unique global networking forum, with social program, for corporate and state oil players in Africa’s petroleum Industry, and across the value chain. The primary mechanisms for this high-quality network interface are through our regular Club Receptions (with Guest Speakers) held in London and Cape Town, and over the years variously in Nairobi, Dakar, Windhoek, Johannesburg, Tunis, Marrakech, Paris, Geneva, The Hague, Dar-es-Salaam, Antananarivo, Accra, Lagos, Kampala and Maputo.Members and Guests are invited to meet in a private setting under “Machiavelli’s Rules” (No Press or Reportage), with Guest Speakers of exceptional calibre as a key feature of our Dinners and selected Receptions.