27/07/2026
๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ'๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด-๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ-๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ.
The vast 6,000km (3,700 miles) pipeline will run along the Atlantic coast of 14 African nations, carrying Nigerian gas to Morocco before linking into Europe's existing gas network via Spain.
Construction is expected to begin in 2028 with a total estimated cost of $25bn.
It signals a change from current models where gas is typically extracted from African nations, refined and processed abroad then shipped back to African nations at three or four times the price, says energy expert and former Nigerian government advisor Charles Majomi.
That practice must end, because it is a "complete devaluation of the resource that is so fortunately endowed in African countries," he told BBC Focus on Africa.
By contrast, if leveraged correctly, the new pipeline has the potential not just to stimulate regional industrial growth but also boost Africa's power on the international stage.
"Beyond energy security, it will open up Africa as a corridor to international markets," Prof Ganiyat Adejoke Adesina-Uthman, of the National Open University of Nigeria, said.
It is a symbol of what Africa can achieve when countries collaborate and work together, she added.
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