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EGYPT year on year and that of mines by 30.6%. The inauguration of the newly constituted Board
mechanical and electrical industries’ output of the Nigerian National Petroleum Co. Ltd
Fertiglobe-led group to increased by 2.8% year on year and that of the (NNPC Ltd) scheduled for Wednesday, Novem-
ber 24, until further notice,” announced the Sec-
chemical industries by 13.8% year on year.
acquire electrolyser from production edged up by 0.7% year on year, fol- Boss Mustapha.
In September alone, the country’s industrial retary to the Government of the Federation,
Plug Power for hydrogen lowing a 2.2% year-on-year rise in the previous “A new date for the inauguration of the Board
month. The drop was driven by a 3.5% fall in will be announced in due course. We deeply
project in Ain Sokhna energy production, after an 11.1% rise in August. regret inconveniences caused to members by
It was also driven by drops of 1.4% year on year this suspension,” he said.
A consortium consisting of Fertiglobe in part- in the output of agro-food industries, 2.8% year The suspension of the inauguration of the
nership with Scatec and the Sovereign Fund of on year in the chemical industries and 5.3% year board comes two months after NNPC Ltd was
Egypt has selected Plug Power, a leading pro- on year in oil refining. incorporated in line with a directive by President
vider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the However, building materials, ceramics, and Buhari in his capacity as Minister of Petroleum
global green hydrogen economy, as the tech- glass production rose by 0.8% y/y and that of Resources. In September, the Nigerian head of
nology provider for a 100-MW electrolyser to mining by 1.1% y/y in September. state appointed the new NNPC board members
produce green hydrogen as feedstock for up to bna/IntelliNews, November 29 2021 and set a two-year timeline for the incorporation
90,000 tonnes of green ammonia production of NNPC Ltd.
at Egyptian Basic Industries Company in Ain bna/IntelliNews, November 26 2021
Sokhna, Egypt. GHANA
Fertiglobe is a joint venture between the Abu
Dhabi National Oil Company and Egypt’s Oras- Ghana fuel prices now SUDAN
com Construction Industries.
The 100 MW Polymer Electrolyte Membrane among the highest in Africa Sudan’s PM Hamdok
electrolyser will be the largest independently
owned facility globally when it comes online Ghana has the third-highest fuel prices in West dismisses police chief,
and will form the first phase in Fertiglobe’s green Africa, after Cape Verde and Senegal, according
ammonia strategy. to a report by Global Petrol Prices, an open- deputy after crackdown
Egypt is an ideal location to produce green source platform.
hydrogen, given its unique renewables profile With the African average at $0.98 per litre, on protesters
(involving strong solar and wind resources) and fuel in Ghana is currently hovering around
its proximity to markets with a hydrogen deficit. $1.142 per litre, according to the report. Sudan’s newly reinstated prime minister Abdalla
Green ammonia, produced from renewable Of 44 African countries surveyed, Ghana Hamdok has dismissed the chief of police and
energy such as solar and wind instead of natural ranked 11th overall. Zimbabwe had the highest his deputy, according to a statement made by the
gas, is a versatile product that is an ideal carrier fuel prices in Africa, at $1.59 per litre. cabinet on November 27.
fuel to store and transport hydrogen. It can help The ranking comes amidst reports of protests The statement did not provide details, but
decarbonise numerous sectors that represent in Ghana against rising fuel prices, as transport the dismissals followed a crackdown on several
around 80% of current global greenhouse gas operators threaten to strike on Monday (Novem- protests around the country that left more than
emissions. ber 29), GhanaWeb reported last week. 40 people dead. Local observers linked the deci-
bna/IntelliNews, November 25 2021 Algeria, Nigeria, Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, sion to what they called “excessive force” used by
Tunisia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Zambia, and Sudanese security officials against the protesters.
Angola were said to be the countries with the The director-general of the police, Khaled
TUNISIA lowest fuel prices. Mahdi Ibrahim al-Emam, and his deputy,
bna/IntelliNews, November 28 2021 Ali Ibrahim, were replaced by Anan Hamed
Extractive industries Mohamed Omar and Abdelrahman Nasreddine
Abdallah respectively.
drive Tunisia’s industrial NIGERIA every effort to form his new government within
Last week PM Hamdok said he would make
production up by 3.2% Nigeria’s president two weeks. Military leader Abdel Fattah al-Bur-
han seized power and detained Hamdok on
year on year in Q3-2021 suspends inauguration October 25, but the PM was back in his post on
November 21 after international and local crit-
Higher output by the extractive industries of NNPC Ltd board icism of Burhan’s move. His seizure of power
pushed Tunisia’s industrial production up by had raised concerns over the future of efforts to
3.2% year on year in the third quarter of 2021, Nigeria’s president has suspended indefinitely end decades of internal conflict in the country,
according to data released by the National Insti- the inauguration of the newly constituted board though Burhan had said that the military was
tute of Statistics. of the national oil company (NOC), Vanguard committed to transferring rule completely to
Extractive industries surged 30% year on reports. “President Muhammadu Buhari has civilians in 2023, as had been scheduled earlier.
year as the energy sector’s output rose by 29.9% directed the immediate suspension of the bna/IntelliNews, November 29 2021

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