Ramaphosa: By 2050, green hydrogen could create up to 4 million jobs in Africa
President Ramaphosa envisions Africa producing up to 60 million tons of green hydrogen by 2050, creating millions of jobs and driving industrial transformation across the continent.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says by 2050, green hydrogen production in Africa could reach between 30 and 60 million tons, creating two to four million new jobs across member states of the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance.
Speaking at the inaugural Africa Green Hydrogen Summit on Thursday, Ramaphosa outlined a bold continental vision for harnessing green hydrogen as a driver of industrial transformation, clean energy, and economic development.
'This summit provides a platform for our shared continental ambitions,' he said, highlighting the evolution of the event from a South African initiative in 2022 to a forum now uniting Africa's green hydrogen ecosystem.
Africa, he noted, is 'perfectly placed to leverage the global shift towards cleaner energy sources for our collective advantage,' with abundant solar, wind, and hydropower resources, and vast tracts of land suited for renewable energy projects.
Ramaphosa called green hydrogen a tool to 'marry Africa's mineral riches with our renewable energy endowment to decarbonise heavy industries, to create jobs, to stimulate investment and to unlock inclusive growth across borders.'
The Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance, which includes South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Namibia, has already seen over 52 large-scale projects announced—among them, the Coega Green Ammonia Project in South Africa, AMAN in Mauritania, and Project Nour in Morocco, he said.
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