African Energy Thriller becomes a Wall Street Journal Best- Seller list, tops US Market
Following the widely acclaimed release of NJ Ayuk, Managing Director of Centurion Law Group ( www. CenturionLG. com) and Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber’s ( www. EnergyChamber. org) second book, Billions At Play: The Future of African Energy and Making Deals, the resourceful and bold book has become # 1 Amazon Best Selling eBook overall, # 2 Wall Street Journal Best Selling eBook, # 4 USA Today Non- Fiction Business Best Selling eBook and # 10 Wall Street Journal Non- Fiction Combined best seller.
Billions At Play became number one on Amazon in several categories only a few days after its initial release in 2019, making it one of Africa’s energy best- seller. This second edition, which opens once again on a foreword by H. E. Mohamed Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC) and features a new chapter dedicated to the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on African oil markets, which is narrated by Adera Gandy and Boet Schouwinck.
In a strong indication of Ayuk’s popularity around the world, Billions At Play: The Future of African Energy and Making Deals sold 7,020 units with peak sales of 2,803 units in a single day. ‘’ This is great news because we can still tell Africa’s complex energy story with a hopeful narrative and still be a bestseller in the US. We don’t have to be negative or continue the crab in a barrel mindset that has not helped us. Any achievement is meaningless without thanking all the hands and hearts who helped us get there. I thank you a lot and continue to express my thoughts and experiences the best way I know how,’’ NJ Ayuk said.
The Amazon bestseller outlines the continents road to recovery plan that seeks to dissect the need for energy policy legislation, the lack of access to power, the role that access to reliable, sustainable, and affordable power can play in the acceleration of economic growth and most importantly, why the continent’s energy industry needs more women.