A playbook to help Africa’s green hydrogen projects to close

• Despite 122 green hydrogen projects having been announced across the continent, only eight have reached a final investment decision (FID), highlighting a major gap between ambition and execution.

• Unlike successful global hydrogen projects, which are anchored in domestic demand, Africa’s are largely export-oriented, exposing them to offtake risk.

• Our take: Hydrogen development may need to be reframed less as an export opportunity and more as a tool for industrialisation……..Read more (2 min)

Opinion: Africa’s green hydrogen potential and momentum remain

• Prof.Tsipouridis is a renewable energy consultant engineer and climate action advocate, and a Senior Research Fellow at Strathmore University. He also serves as Editor of the “Energy Matters to Climate Change” (Emc2) portal and is a member of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty initiative and the Loss and Damage Collaboration Group.

• “From an African perspective this is a good thing, because it gives time to the African governments to rethink their engagement with green hydrogen to make sure that the exploitation of the huge African Green Hydrogen potential is beneficial for Africa too,” he says of the change.

• Our take: Read the full opinion article here (2 min)

CWP Global struggles to retain staff 

• Through its entity CWP Terra, the firm is developing projects across Africa, including the $40bn 40GW AMAN green hydrogen project in Mauritania, AMUN in Morocco, Hayyu in Djibouti and a 600MW project in Angola.

• Retention metrics, however, suggest a workforce under pressure. Attrition stands at 38%, while average tenure is just 3.4 years, indicating many employees leave before projects reach execution. 

• Our take: The lack of technical and operational depth raises questions about the company’s readiness to transition from development into execution….Read more (2 min)

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