2025 AGHS
PROGRAMME

Tuesday 10 June

All Day

Exhibition Set-Up

Afternoon

Official Launch of The African Green Hydrogen Summit

  • Press conference and Media Interviews
  • Site Visit
11:00 – 18:00
Accreditation

Wednesday 11 June

All Day
Exhibition Set-Up
13:00 – 17:30
PtX Short Course by GIZ (registration required)
09:00 – 20:00
Accreditation
13:00 – 15:30
German-South African Task force (invitation only) [organised by DEE & GIZ Energy Partnership]
16:00 – 17:30

South Africa – Namibia – Germany trilateral Dialogue (invitation only) [organised by H2Uppp & GIZ Energy Partnership]

Afternoon
Minister’s Meet and Greet with Key Sponsors
Dinner
Ministers and CEOs Dinner – (invitation only)

Thursday 12 June

06:30 – 09:00

Accreditation (for international speakers only)

08:00 – 09:00
Coffee & Networking
09:15 –09:40

Conference Opening and South African National & African Union anthems

09:40 –09:50

Welcoming: Premier of the Western Cape Alan Winde, South Africa

09:50 – 10:45

Opening & Launch of the African Green Hydrogen Report

Honourable Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Minister, Department of Electricity and Energy, South Africa (25 min)

Keynote Address

Honourable President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa (30 min)

10:45 –12:00

Unlocking Africa’s Green Hydrogen Potential: From Vision to Scalable, Inclusive Action – Scaling Production, Ensuring Equity, and Leading the Global Energy Transition

Presentation of the African Green Hydrogen Strategy

12:00 -13:30
LUNCH
13:30 -14:30

African Renewable Energy Masterplans: Inclusive industrial Development Plans for the Renewable Energy and Storage Value Chains

PANEL 1 (Hall A)

Launch of the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (10 min)

  •   Honourable Samantha Graham-Mare, Deputy Minister Electricity and Energy, South Africa)

Financing the Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen Economy

PANEL 2 (Hall B) 

REGIONAL SESSION 1: The Americas

(Hall C) 

Technology track 1

  1. Isondo Precious Metals, Mr Vinay Somera
  2. Mitochondria Energy Company, Mr Mashudu Ramano
  3. Bambili Energy, Ms Zanele Mbatha Mavuso

ROOM 8&9

Focus on Community Engagement: About Generation and Supply of Green Hydrogen and PtX Products

ROOM 11

14:30 -15:15
Exhibition and Coffee Break
15:15 -16:15

Hydrogen Tank Project Pitching 2

PANEL 3 (Hall A)

  1. Company H2 – 1
  2. Company H2 – 2
  3. Company H2 – 3

Jobs & Skills of the Green Hydrogen Economy

PANEL 4 (Hall B)

REGIONAL SESSION 2: Europe

(Hall C)

Technology track 2

  1. Mintek Hydrogen Fuel Cell Spin Out Company
  2. Hyena
  3. Hydrogen Core Technologies

ROOM 8&9

PtL Fuels to Defossilise Aviation

ROOM 11

Knowledge bits & practice tools 2

H2Uppp: Tackling early-stage questions in PtX projects

ROOM 10

16:30 -18:00
African Green Hydrogen Alliance Meeting (invitation only)
All Day
Exhibition
Evening
Reception: CEO Event – (invitation only)

Friday 13 June

07:30 – 09:00

Women in Green Hydrogen and Women in Energy Breakfast (invitation only)

09:15 – 10:15

Hydrogen Tank Project Pitching 3

PANEL 5 (Hall A)

  1. Company H2 – 4
  2. Company H2 – 5
  3. Company H2 – 6

Critical Raw Materials – Opportunities and Challenges

PANEL 6 (Hall B)

REGIONAL SESSION 3: Asia and Australia

(Hall C)

Technology track 3

ROOM 8&9

  1. Company Tech – 4
  2. Company Tech – 5
  3. Company Tech – 6

Decarbonising Maritime Transport 

ROOM 11

Knowledge bits & practice tools 3:

Hydrogen Without Borders: Infrastructure and Trade Integration for GH2/PtX

ROOM 10

 

10:15 – 11:00

Exhibition and Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00

Hydrogen Tank Project Pitching 4

PANEL 7 (Hall A)

  1. Company H2 – 7
  2. Company H2 – 8
  3. Company H2 – 9

From Innovation to Industry: Building a bankable case/value proposition for large-scale demonstration and commercialisation of South Africa’s locally developed and publicly financed hydrogen fuel cell technologies-related intellectual property for socio-economic benefits

PANEL 8 (B)

REGIONAL SESSION 4: MENA/North Africa

(Hall C)

Decarbonising the Iron and Steel Sector – Realising the Transition

ROOM 8&9

Standards and Certification for Green Hydrogen – Optimising a pathway toward an appropriate standards and certification for Green Hydrogen

 ROOM 11

Knowledge bits & practice tools 4:

From Recommendations to Strategies – Fact based policy making in the context of the Green Hydrogen Economy

ROOM 10

12:00 – 13:30

LUNCH

13:30 – 14:30

Hydrogen Tank Project Pitching 5

PANEL 9 (A)

  1.     Company H2 – 10
  2.     Company H2 – 11
  3.     Company H2 – 12

Moving Molecules – Unlocking the PtX Economy by Efficient and Sustainable Logistics for Green Hydrogen and its Derivatives

PANEL 10 (Hall B)

REGIONAL SESSION 5: Sub-Saharan Africa

(Hall C) 

Energy Planning in Context of PtX and Green Hydrogen

ROOM 8&9

Sustainability and Circular Economy Aspects of Green Hydrogen

 ROOM 11

Knowledge bits & practice tools 5: 

  • The Business Opportunity Analyser by Agora Industry
  • Costing Tools for Ammonia Production by CSIR

ROOM 10

14:30 – 15:15
Exhibition and Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:15

Hydrogen Tank Project Pitching 6

PANEL 11 (Hall A)

  1.     Company H2 – 13
  2.     Company H2 – 14
  3.     Company H2 – 15

Regional Grid Development in Africa for Renewables and Green hydrogen 

PANEL 12 (Hall B)

Presentation of the African Green Hydrogen Report – Spotlight on the Continent

PANEL 13 (Hall C)

Fertiliser & Agriculture – How PtX products can support food sovereignty

ROOM 8&9

Industrial Hubs as Catalysts

ROOM 11 

Knowledge bits & practice tools 6:

  • Community Development toolkit – lessons learned
  • Desalination & brine management

ROOM 10 

16:15 – 16:45
Exhibition and Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:30
High Level Closing Panel

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Dates: 12-13 June 2025
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