AllAfrica: Kenya Turns to Algeria for Oil and Gas Expertise

Kenya this week opened an embassy in Algeria and appointed Moi Lemoshira as the Ambassador Extra-Ordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kenya to Algeria.

This was swiftly followed by an official three-day visit to Algeria by President Uhuru Kenyatta during which cooperation pacts were signed.

Onlookers were puzzled. What possibly could we want from Algeria?

It helps to understand that Algeria is the largest producer of natural gas in Africa, the second largest supplier of gas to Europe, the third largest producer of oil in Africa and so on.

More telling is that unlike many African countries, Algeria has managed its energy resources relatively well.

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