Sisi dreams of green hydrogen hub on banks of Red Sea ahead of Cop27

Green hydrogen on agenda of EU delegation to Cairo 

The European Commission's sub-directorate for North Africa is due to visit the Egyptian capital in a few days. Energy and illegal migration are high on the agenda ahead of an EU-Egypt summit in May.

Sisi's grand plans for commercial gateway to Europe 

Having focused on attracting Gulf state investments around the Suez Canal, Cairo is now envisaging a gateway to the Old Continent at the Gargoub naval base on the Mediterranean, which is already enticing several would-be investors, especially in the energy domain.

• SENEGAL - Fatou Sagna Sow, the "Macronist" prepping "Mimi" Toure for 2024

• DR CONGO - Alda Kule Dale, Nicolas Kazadi's financial adviser

• ETHIOPIA - Amrote Abdella, Africa's contact for Amazon Web Services

• EGYPT - Ahmed Zahran, a PPA pioneer

Little sign of progress over $100bn global South adaptation fund 

The host country of COP27 has been working hard to try to secure a commitment from global North countries to finance climate change adaptation in the global South. But no preliminary agreement has been reached on this issue, which will be discussed from today.

Egypt's desalination plant projects are running dry 

As Ethiopia continues to fill the GERD dam, threatening as it does so to reduce the flow of the Nile River, Egypt is looking to diversify its water supply. But these projects are still marginal, and plans for desalination plants have been scaled back due to the economic crisis.

Lebanese hospitality leaders export to Cairo 

Lebanese restaurateurs and nightclub owners, seeking relief from their crisis-struck nation, are heading to Egypt, the Arab giant of nearly 105m inhabitants, to target its inflation-immune wealthiest citizens.

Brussels eager to connect Europe to Egyptian electricity grid  Free

As the European Union seeks to diversify its energy sources in order to free itself from dependence on Russia, several projects to connect electricity networks between Egypt and southern Europe are vying for funding from Brussels.

Energy minister Neila Gonji gets serious about renewables 

Faced with rocketing gas prices, Tunisia's industry and energy minister will be concentrating after the summer recess on kick-starting the many solar and wind power projects that have nominally been launched in recent years but have so far come to nothing.

German firms promise to put Egypt ahead in Africa green hydrogen stakes 

Egypt, like Mauritania, Morocco, the DRC and South Africa, wants to position itself as a leader in the development of renewable energy on the continent. German companies such as H2-Industries and Siemens are helping it.