Within the framework of the WTO Eight Global Review of Aid for Trade, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization has held two thematic sessions, one on Advancing the Green Hydrogen Economy, with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ, and another on the Pan African trade as an engine for local economic growth and prosperity with the Arab Republic of Egypt and Madagascar as well as with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The first session shared experiences for the accelerated up-take of green hydrogen and discussed related opportunities and challenges for industrial development.The first session included highly regarded experts from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board and the Office Chérifien des Phosphates OCP Group who also discussed cost constraints brought by the procurement of green hydrogen, thereby highlighting the need for cost scalability especially considering the cost of transportation (seen as re-conversion cost). The second session expounded on the common vision of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), exploring trading challenges and how to address them.
Within the framework of the WTO Eight Global Review of Aid for Trade, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization has held two thematic sessions, one on Advancing the Green Hydrogen Economy, with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ, and another on the Pan African trade as an engine for local economic growth and prosperity with the Arab Republic of Egypt and Madagascar as well as with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The first session shared experiences for the accelerated up-take of green hydrogen and discussed related opportunities and challenges for industrial development.The first session included highly regarded experts from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board and the Office Chérifien des Phosphates OCP Group who also discussed cost constraints brought by the procurement of green hydrogen, thereby highlighting the need for cost scalability especially considering the cost of transportation (seen as re-conversion cost). The second session expounded on the common vision of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), exploring trading challenges and how to address them.
