Africa Energy Series: Dada Thomas, Frontier Oil

April 7, 2017

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Dada Thomas, the CEO of Frontier Oil, says Nigeria must fix and upgrade its transmission system to improve the gas to power value chain.
This is a clip from our latest Africa Energy Series documentary on Nigeria gas to power. The full version will air on CNBC Africa later in 2017.

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