Aspiring green hydrogen hotspot Mauritania targeting '1.5% of green steel market by 2050'

But president urges richer nations hoping to kickstart African renewable H2 ambitions to factor in continent’s ‘specific constraints’

Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, president of Mauritania, speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2024.
Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, president of Mauritania, speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2024.Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty
Published 26 September 2024, 11:58Updated 26 September 2024, 12:02
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