This year marks a special milestone for ARDA – 20 years of our association. To celebrate, we’ve dug into our news archives and uncovered some fascinating insights from the early days of our journey.

If you missed these the first time around, now’s your chance. Perhaps you’ll even spot a younger version of yourself inside one of these early editions.

Revisiting the Early Years

We dusted off filing cabinets (and a few hard drives) to rediscover the first 9 editions of our annual newsletters, covering the years up to 2017. Each edition offers a snapshot of where we started, what mattered most at the time, and how far we’ve come as an industry and an association.

From regional collaboration and infrastructure challenges to policy discussions and industry growth, these newsletters capture the priorities and progress of each era.

From ARA to ARDA

Browsing these editions, you’ll also see our evolution. What began as the African Refiners Association (ARA) became the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) in 2017, reflecting both the expanding scope of our work and the growing importance of distributors alongside refiners in the downstream energy supply chain.

Take a Trip Down Memory Lane

Whether you’re a long-standing member or new to the association, these publications let you:

• Revisit key moments and milestones
• See how industry conversations have evolved
• Appreciate the foundations that shaped today’s ARDA

All newsletters are now available as downloadable PDFs. Click to explore them, reminisce a little, and celebrate the progress we’ve made together over the past two decades. We’d love to hear what you think.

Happy reading – here’s to the next 20 years!

Feedback

If you’d like to share your own memories or feedback on the newsletters above, our team would love to hear your comments by email:  info@afrra.org

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