The German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Egypt), in conjunction with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Embassy of Germany in Egypt and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) held its 1st high level steering committee meeting on energy and hydrogen cooperation between Egypt and Germany on Sunday 12th March, 2023, to discuss and establish a stronger framework for the cooperation between Egypt and Germany in the field of energy, specifically hydrogen.
The high-profile meeting was attended by Stefan Wenzel, Parliamentary State Secretary of the BMWK, Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Mahmoud Esmat, Minister of Public Business Sector, Ahmed Mohamed Mohina, First undersecretary of Research Planning and Authorities at the Ministry of Electricity and Renewables and Stefanie Soerensen, Deputy Head of Development Cooperation at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cairo.
The roundtable was moderated by Jan Noether, CEO, AHK Egypt with Ellen von Zitzewitz, the Deputy Head of Division of the BMWK.
This meeting is one of the first steps of implementation, after signing a MoU on 3 November 2022, between the BMWK, The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation.