Silas Olan'g, Africa co-director with the Natural Resource Governance Institute, will participate in a panel discussion at the Tanzania Oil & Gas Congress from 24-25 September in Dar es Salaam. The panel will explore:

• Key opportunities for Tanzania’s private sector to participate in the oil and gas projects
• Mapping local content policies and strategies in Tanzania
• Ensuring Tanzanian companies have opportunities for knowledge transfer and capacity building
• Job creation in the oil and gas sector
• Industry and academia partnerships for knowledge transfer and capacity development
• How to ensure international companies buy Tanzanian goods and services and hire local workforce

Local Content & Job Creation: Ensuring Sustainable Development in Tanzania’s Oil & Gas Projects
Tuesday, 25 September
2 p.m.-3 p.m.

Moderator

• Abel Kinyondo, senior lecturer, UDSM & Principal Research Fellow, REPOA (@REPOA)

Participants

• Dorothy Mwanyika, permanent secretary, Ministry of Land, Housing & Human Settlement
  Development, United Republic of Tanzania
• Beng’i Issa, CEO, National Economic Empowerment Council
• Godfrey Simbeye (@simbeyeg), executive director, Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF) (@tpsftz)
• Silas Olan'g
• Ponziano Mponzi (@MponziP), COO, Ako Group
• Shane Johnson, country manager, Africa Geophysical Services Lts. Tanzania
• Denver Dreyer, CEO, WorleyParsons South Africa