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Africa Hydrogen Forum Programme
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Opening Keynote Addresses
Speakers

Kelly-Marie Tuthill
Government Relations & Speaker ManagerSustainable Energy Council
Master of Ceremonies: Simone van Trier
Moderator and Presentation CoachDat Spreekt
Dr. Miloud Medjelled
Director General of Economic Studies and ForesightMinistry of Energy and Mines, Government of Algeria
Hon. Sihle Zikalala
Minister of Public Works and InfrastructureGovernment of South AfricaSession 1: Realising Clean Hydrogen Projects in Africa
- Case Studies on:
- Egypt: Hydrogen Small scale production and applications in African perspectives
- Namibia’s SCDI Green Hydrogen Project
- Developing a green hydrogen industry in Mauritania
- Morocco’s MASEN Reference Project
- Hydrogen Small scale production and applications in African perspectives
- What are the opportunities and bottlenecks?
- Where are the gaps in the market?
- What new technologies are needed to realise projects?
Session 2: Creating Hydrogen Supply Chains for Africa
- Capacity building to boost local economies and foster energy resilience
- Roads, rivers, trains and required infrastructure to transport hydrogen along the value chain
- Retrofitting solutions, timescales, feasibility & Regulation
- LNG Terminals, Pipelines & future transport roles for existing Gas Infrastructure
- South Africa’s Boegoeberg se baai Green Hydrogen SEZ
- Harnessing Hydrogen for the Just Transition, energy security & sovereignty in the context of international market participation
Session Chair
Panellists

Dr. Yassaa Noureddine
Commissioner for Renewable Energy and Energy EfficiencyCEREFE
Till Mansmann MP
Innovation Commissioner for Green HydrogenGerman Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Monica Swanson
Program Manager International HydrogenPort of Rotterdam
Dumisani Nkala
Senior Vice President: Low Carbon Energy Solutions SasolSession 3: Cross-Continental Collaboration to Commerciality
- Cross-Continental Collaboration to attract FDIs
- How is the EU supporting and subsidizing hydrogen global deployment
- What is the impact of EU’s first delegated act rules for green hydrogen?
- Harnessing low-cost hydrogen and ammonia for local trade and global exports
- Green hydrogen leading to industrialisation, agricultural development and food security
- How can we expedite the development of green hydrogen in Africa
Panellists

Franz Lehner
Head of Division International CooperationNational Organisation Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technology, Germany
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
CEOHydrogen EuropeSEC Hydrogen Advisory Board Member
Asma Diallo
Strategy & Development DirectorHydroma
Prof Bamidele Adebisi
Director/ Board Member African Hydrogen PartnershipHead of Smart Infrastructure and Industry Research (SIIR) Group Manchester Metropolitan UniversitySession 4: Financing, Regulations & Policies Subsidizing Hydrogen Projects & Developments
- Collaboration between Government and private sector to foster hydrogen production and deployment in Africa
- Attracting funding - what Private Equity Funds are looking for in new Hydrogen enterprise
- Regulations & policies to harmonise hydrogen global trade and value chains
- Certifying clean hydrogen: what is required from a global standpoint? Next steps and timelines
- Investor Confidence Gaps – what technological and political impetus is still missing?
- Lowering cost of capital and IRR
Session Chair
Speakers
Spotlight Bankability of Green Hydrogen Projects in Africa
Financing hydrogen projects requires tackling the issue of commerciality. Offtake is indeed at the heart of the financing challenge.
The panellists will discuss their experience in ensuring the bankability of African hydrogen projects :
- Export versus Africa-focused approach
- Building synergies with other sectors to crack scale (food industry, shipping industry etc.)
- Blended finance
- Tapping into the international capital market
Session Chair
Panellists

James Mnyupe
Presidential Economic AdvisorGovernment of The Republic of Namibia
Siggi Huegemann
Secretary GeneralAfrican Hydrogen Partnership
Mr. Junaid Belo-Osagie
Executive Director and Head Business Management at Global Investment Banking (GIB) Mizuho International plc,ChairAHP Financial Advisory Group
Akin Ande
Founder of Tekinologi ltd and CEO of Chert GroupTekinologi SolutionsSession 5: Developing Heavy Industry in Africa to position Africa as a Global Leader in Renewable Products
- Hydrogen as a key component for global decarbonisation
- Green ammonia as a base for green fertiliser and renewable energy opening new opportunities for industrial activity
- Transforming Africa to the world’s industrial hub to attract more industry
- Utilising green hydrogen and ammonia to establish fertiliser plants and strengthen food security in Africa
- Industrial exports as a means to boost local economy
- Green ammonia as an energy carrieer
- Hydrogen pipeline development: Linking major hydrogen producers to end user markets
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