On Monday, March 30, Minister of Industry, Mines, and Energy Fatma Thabet Cheboub attended the 9th edition of the Egypt International Energy Conference (EGYPES 2026), organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources under the supervision of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
The conference, themed “Energy Transition through Cooperation, Action, and Realism,” brought together global energy leaders and major international companies.
Minister Cheboub, joined by Douha Chouikhi and Rania Marzouki, took part in a ministerial panel on “A New Era of Interconnected Electricity” with Egypt’s Mahmoud Esmat and Zimbabwe’s Julayi Moyo. She emphasized the conference as a platform for dialogue on securing energy supply, promoting investment, and accelerating the energy transition through regional and international partnerships.
Highlighting Tunisia as an attractive investment destination, she presented projects in energy and renewables, including the Tunisia-Italy electricity interconnection ELMED, and called for building an Africa-Europe energy bridge to strengthen regional electricity exchange with robust digital infrastructure and advanced monitoring systems.
