African Energy Week opened Oct. 12 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre with more than 10,000 registered attendees, over 300 government ministers and senior officials, and some 1,500 companies from more than 100 countries, according to the event organizer, the African Energy Chamber. “Ten thousand delegates have come to Cape Town because Africa is ready to move projects forward,” said its executive chairman, NJ Ayuk. The event, the continent’s largest energy conference, runs through Oct. 16. It will include meetings of the Russia-Africa Energy Investment Forum, an OPEC-Africa roundtable, a “Deal Room” for project financing, and a panel on nuclear power. Ayuk says “reliable baseload electricity will remain fundamental to Africa’s industrial future” and that nuclear energy “offers an important opportunity to strengthen energy security.” EIR will report on the week’s announcements as they come.