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Shaping Industrial Transformation: Angola and Germany deepen cooperation on Green Hydrogen and decarbonisation

  • 05/11/2025
On 5 November 2025, the H2-diplo Office in Angola convened a high-level forum under the title “Driving Industrial Future through Energy and Decarbonisation – Strengthening the Angolan and German Energy Partnership.” Held at the Epic Sana Hotel and embedded in the official visit of Federal President Steinmeier, the conference brought together more than 150 participants from Angolan ministries, state-owned enterprises, the private sector, and academia. Prominent attendees included high-level representatives of the Ministries of Oil and Gas, Energy and the Environment; executives from national oil company Sonangol, and a German business delegation with Siemens Energy, Voith, Gauff Engineering, and KfW.
The forum highlighted Angola’s growing ambition to leverage renewable energy resources and green hydrogen for industrial transformation, economic diversification, and long-term competitiveness. Across several thematic sessions, speakers explored how green hydrogen and the use of renewables can support decarbonisation in mining, heavy industry, logistics, and power systems, while creating new opportunities for local value creation. A dedicated financing session led by KfW IPEX-Bank outlined concrete pathways for de-risking large-scale infrastructure investments.

Throughout the discussions, participants emphasised the strategic complementarity between both countries: Angola offers vast renewable potential and an existing industrial base in need of decarbonisation, while Germany brings technological expertise, financing instruments, regulatory experience, and access to future hydrogen markets. The role of H2-diplo as a key facilitator and knowledge hub was repeatedly acknowledged and was credited for its contribution to capacity building and its technical and political support to emerging projects, including the green ammonia component of the Barra do Dande initiative. 

The conference underscored the forward momentum of the German-Angolan energy partnership, marked by H2-diplo’s announcement that in 2026 it will fund a baseline study supporting Angola in preparing its National Hydrogen Strategy. This commitment was widely recognised as a decisive step towards implementing the bilateral energy partnership and equipping Angolan stakeholders with the analytical foundation needed for future policy, investment, and project development. Closing the conference, BMWE State Secretary Dr. Steffen highlighted that the goal of the bilateral cooperation between Germany and Angola is “not the creation of mere export relations, but the joint development of resilient industrial ecosystems and value chains that support economic development in both countries”.

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Photo credits: H2-diplo/AHK Angola

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