Africa Region Leadership

Carol Cain McGowenRegions Development Manager

Karin AlyeaRegions Administrative Assistant

Organizational Chart

David Blanchard

Africa Region President

Delia Kuye

Programs Manager

DelegatesRamadan Aburawi (Libya)Bill Bosworth (Egypt)Kaushalendra Trivedi (So. Afr.) Mohammed Hafid (Morocco)Babatope Olaleye (Nigeria )

Bayo Akinpelu

DPAAAPG Advisory Council Member

Nosa Omorodion

Antonio Ingles

Secretary

Ajibola Oyebamiji

Treasurer

Bill Bosworth

President-Elect

A. Femi EsanVice President

Sola Bakare

Editor

‘Doja Ojelabi Akintunde Okuboyejo Olatunbosun Afolayan

Global IBA Committee

YP Lead – Africa YP Coordinator Sub-Sahara

Student Chapters Coordinator

‘Lere Olopade Ola Adly Chioma Okafor Stella-Marie SonugaPROWESSMembership

Committee YP Coordinator

North AfricaDistinguished

Lecture Program

Gilbert Odior

ImmediatePast President

Adelola Adesida

IBA Coordinator

Region Affiliated Societies

Earth Science Society of Libya, 1973

Egyptian Petroleum Exploration Society, 1984

Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists, 1994

Moroccan Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1998

Geological Society of South Africa, 2007

Ghana Institution of Geoscientists, 2013

First AAPG Africa Region Chapter AAPG Angola

Membership Statistics

2012 2013 20140

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3500

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Membership distribution 2012-2014

AR Membership distribution

YP Participation

3,062 members in all categories in April 2014

Steady increase in active, associate and student-YP membership types.

Marked increase in student-YP membership since 2012.

Steady growth in number of student chapters

45 Student Chapters across Africa in 2014.

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Student Chapters

NAPE Secretariat, Lagos

AAPG Region Office

AAPG Africa Region Office, Lagos

Recent Programs and Events 2013-2014

Established in October 2013 at the NAPE Secretariat in Lagos, Nigeria.

Staffed by AAPG Programs Manager for Africa Region.

To bring AAPG closer to Africa based members & enable members obtain better access to AAPG programs and services.

To provide membership and support of various types for the Africa-based membership of AAPG.

To mitigate various challenges encountered within the region.

Distinguished & Regional Lecturer Program Regional lecture - Dr. Henry Posamentier

in Lagos, Nigeria. September 2013. In association with Nigerian affiliate,

Nigerian Association of Petroleum Exploration – NAPE

Sponsored by Chevron.

Distinguished Lecture by Dr. John Kaldi on carbon sequestration in Tunis, Tunisia. February, 2014.

In association with SPE Tunisia Sponsored by Schlumberger

Recent Programs and Events 2013-2014

Program Activities At-A-Glance

Local-Student Chapter Leadership Summit, 2013 Cairo-Area student field trip sponsored by Apache-Egypt

Ghanaian students involvement @ L-SCLS, 2013

AAPG AR & NAPE leadership with YPs at TerraKulture, Lagos

Recent Programs and Events 2013-2014

Imperial Barrel Award Program

Annual basin to prospects scale evaluation competition

Amongst most rigorous geoscience competitions globally

Contributing to the technical manpower development of the geoscience industry

Increasing participation across Africa

Winners 2014:University of Western Cape, South Africa

Winners 2012: Alexandria University, Egypt

Winners 2013: Unizik, Awka, Nigeria

Young Professionals

Talk at YP booth, NAPE 2013

Exciting World Outreach , Uganda

Gain & Give Program, Egypt

IBA Simulation, Egypt 2013

Identifying and serving career needs of young earth scientists

Providing networking opportunities & educational events to YPs

Providing educational support services for AAPG student programs.

Career talk, Greensprings, Lagos

Seminars & Field Trips

Cairo-Area student field trip, Egypt 2013

Field Trip – Mussulo Bay area – Angola, 2013 Quarterly Seminar – Angola Chapter, Luanda 2014

Seminar – Angola Chapter inauguration, Luanda, 2013

Join AAPG in Africa

Access technical information & training

Present your work at meetings & conventions

Global network of peers Local, regional, international events to

increase your knowledge Expand interpersonal, organizational,

& management skills

Professional certification available

Honors & Awards

Career-long, life-long benefits

Region leadership – Award recipients ACE 2012

Volunteer for AAPG Africa Region

Sponsor our programs

Terry Engelder, AAPG Regional Lecturer,21 September 2014, Cairo, Egypt

AAPG GTW 2015Luanda, Angola

AAPG-NAPE 20th AnniversaryNovember 2014, Lagos, Nigeria AAPG-led East Africa

Regional Conference 2016

IGC3527 August – 4

September 2016, Cape Town

Region Events 2014-2016

Plans underway for an African Regional event in early 2016

Joint event with SPE, SEG and possibly EAGE

AAPG to operate

MOU currently being drafted and circulated to partner societies

Venue ideally in East Africao Mozambiqueo Tanzania

Notional target attendance 300 – 500 delegates

AAPG Africa Regional Conference

“Al Amal” Graduate Program in Egypt

AAPG in Africa

Please contact AAPG to help with their ongoing efforts to enhance education in Africa and expand our reach

Donate old text books, your time and, of course, be a sponsor !!

CONTACTS

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David BlanchardAfrica Region Presidentenergydcb@aol.com

Carol McGowenRegions Managercmcgowen@aapg.org

Delia KuyeAfrica Programs Mgr.dkuye@aapg.org

Femi EsanAfrica Region Vice Presidentfemiesan@chevron.com

Web: www.regions.aapg.org/africa

Twitter: AAPG Africa Region , @ dkuye1

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Email: dkuye@aapg.org