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Africa needs an estimated $2.7 trillion by 2030 to implement its climate commitments, according to the African Development Bank, while the continent contributes only about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The gap between its financing needs and available capital is putting carbon markets under scrutiny as a potential source of climate finance.

Namibia has commissioned an integrated green hydrogen facility at Walvis Bay that combines a 5 MWp solar park, a 5 MW proton exchange membrane electrolyzer and 5.9 MWh of battery storage, creating an operating model that links renewable electricity generation directly with hydrogen production, storage and end use.

South Africa’s hydrogen strategy increasingly extends beyond exporting green hydrogen toward developing domestic technology and manufacturing capabilities. The commissioning of a 2 kilowatt proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer at Sasol’s Research and Technology campus in Sasolburg represents a research focused step in that direction, providing a platform to evaluate locally developed hydrogen production technology under real operating conditions while supporting skills development and industrial collaboration.

Nigeria’s admission as an Association country of the International Energy Agency marks more than a symbolic expansion of the organization’s global reach. It reflects a broader shift in international energy governance toward greater engagement with emerging economies where future energy demand, infrastructure investment, and decarbonization challenges are expected to be concentrated.

The world added renewable energy capacity at a record pace and pushed clean electricity generation above 30 percent of global supply, yet 655 million people still lived without electricity in 2024 and roughly two billion lacked access to clean cooking technologies.

India’s green hydrogen ambitions are moving from policy commitments into industrial demonstrations, with Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL) commissioning what it describes as the country’s first off grid 5 MW green hydrogen pilot plant in Kutch, Gujarat.

With electricity reaching just 32.5% of its population as of 2023 and rural access barely above 9%, Liberia sits at…

South Africa’s battery energy storage market is gaining strategic importance as renewable energy deployment accelerates, but the country’s ambitions to build a domestic manufacturing ecosystem face the same structural challenges that have weakened much of its industrial base: high energy costs, inconsistent demand, and intense competition from low-cost imports.

South Africa’s Coega Green Ammonia Project has moved closer to execution after project developer Hive Hydrogen selected Topsoe A/S to provide approximately $1 billion worth of electrolyzer and ammonia synthesis equipment.

Egypt is positioning green hydrogen and Sustainable Aviation Fuel as part of a broader strategy to align its aviation sector with tightening international emissions standards and emerging low-carbon fuel markets.