• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

H.E. José Barroso

Ministério dos Recursos Minerais, Petróleo e Gás

Secretary of State

H.E. José Alexandre Barroso was born in Luanda, Angola, is married and father of 3 children. From February 2019 until now has been appointed as a Secretary of State for Oil and Gas Sector. H.E. has a MBA from Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), from the University of Rotterdam, The N etherlands and also has a degree in geology from the Agostinho Neto'University, Angola. ln the way of his professional career, the Secretary of State worked as a member of the Executive Committee of Sonangol Holdings; was a General Director of Sonamet Angola; South America Regional Director for Schlumberger Drilling Engineering and Operations Center; N orth Africa Regional Director for Schlumberger Drilling & Measurments in Argelia and General Manager of Schlumberger Angola. 

Sessions With H.E. José Barroso

Wednesday, 20 March

  • 05:00pm - 05:40pm (CST) / 20/mar/2024 10:00 pm - 20/mar/2024 10:40 pm

    Spotlight | Africa's Energy Future: Opportunities and Constraints
    Geopolitics

    Governments want to attract foreign investment, but revenue generation is not their only goal.They are also looking for investment that will boost infrastructure development, job creation, social welfare and help meet environmental objectives. Given this complex and dynamic landscape, how do African governments set their hierarchy of priorities? What opportunities and constraints do they contend with today, and how do they plan for tomorrow? What government policies are Africa’s natural resource ministers developing to be competitive, drive investment and support economic growth?