Reflecting reality in “IPP” and “downstream” price structures in Sub-Saharan Africa: Principles and Methods (February 2025)

4th-6th February 2025

This training will be in French and will provides participants with a deep understanding of the “import parity” and “pump parity” models in Africa, including how they are administered in specific markets. Participants will learn to understand and identify anomalies in comparison to industry best practices, as well as propose solutions.

Oil Product Trading & Operations (May 2025)

19-23 May 2025

This five day course (in French) will cover and discuss the following topics:

• New market dynamics
  • Impact of Dangote refinery
  • Effect of new exchange rate regime
  • Rewiring of smuggled product
  • Introduction of new product specifications

Solving Oil Supply Chain Challenges (June 2025)

9-12 June 2025

Intense competition and razor thin margins put supply chain efficiency at the core of a profitable supply and distribution
business.
CITAC’s course ‘Solving Oil Product Supply Chain Challenges’ introduces analytical methods for identifying areas for improvement as well as covering industry best practise.

During this 4 day course, participants cover topics such as risk assessment, optimal product sourcing, contractual technicalities, KPI analysis and more, with case studies included to contextualise the knowledge.

• Assessment of the Market
  – International & African market developments
  – A focus on African oil product supply & demand
  – Oil market infrastructure in Africa
  – Key market players & strategies in Africa
  – Most common supply chains
• Supply Chain Strength
  – Supply & demand balancing
  – Volume vs margin
  – Demand planning
  – Inventory optimisation
  – Knowing your costs, capacity and capability
  – Risk assessment
  – Scheduling and replenishment planning
  – Profitability analysis

African Oil Market Fundamentals (October 2025)

7-9 October 2025

Major changes are sweeping across West Africa: exchange rate policy changes, subsidy withdrawal, specification changes and broader liberalisation. This course provides essential training to adapt to this new oil product trading environment. New opportunities are appearing – enhance your skillset to take advantage.

The course will cover:

• Global crude and products market fundamentals
  • Crude and products markets overview: supply, demand, flows
  • Supply and demand economics & market drivers
  • Understanding the market players & their roles
  • International trading of crude oil and crude evaluation
  • A non-technical introduction to refining
  • A Trader’s view of refining
  • Quality differences around the globe

Oil Product Trading & Operations (November 2025)

24-28 November 2025

CITAC’s Trading and Operations Course gives an insight into the crude oil and products trading markets and the operations and control of supply contracts, including shipping.

This five day course will cover and discuss the following topics:

• New market dynamics
  • Impact of Dangote refinery
  • Effect of new exchange rate regime
  • Rewiring of smuggled product
  • Introduction of new product specifications

10-11 April 2025

The African Downstream Landscape

Africa’s growing population and economies raise critical questions about how the rising energy requirements will be met.

Energy transition, LPG investment, refining, storage, product flows and supply chain challenges are issues that affect all players in the downstream.

CITAC’s interactive workshops on the African downstream energy sector will provide you with actionable insights and discussions to enable you to be an active player in these dynamic developments, discussing business cases and covering topical subjects such as:

• Supply chain management: how small changes can lead to large cash savings
• The future of African retail
• Asset utilisation in Sub Saharan Africa – where is investment needed?
• The financial realities of scaling Clean Cooking/LPG in Sub Saharan Africa
• Managing forex, credit and compliance risks in today’s West African trading environment

You will learn about refining, distribution, marketing and financing developments in the African downstream energy sector and will share experiences with pan-African and international companies.

The CITAC African Downstream Workshops offer you an unparalleled forum for networking with key players in the sector, including refiners, marketers, national oil companies, regulators, international and local traders, banks, storage and distribution companies, and more.

Are you looking for a particular type of training that’s not on our schedule?

We can collaborate with you to create a unique programme that contains all the answers to your questions about operating successfully in the African downstream energy market.

Our highly experienced trainers are able to create theoretical, practical and interactive training courses to build your team’s capacity. Our wide-ranging expertise covers Africa and global trading, operations, supply chain, LNG, shipping, finance and more.

We can also run any of our regular courses in-house or for you or to any location you choose or online, saving you time, money and travel.

Our areas of expertise :

• Fundamentals of Oil Trading
• Oil Trading Risk Management
• Oil Trading and Operations
• Product Supply Chain Challenges
• LNG
• Price Structures
• Freight Markets
• Demurrage