Staff Reporter THE Russian Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Russian Party of Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation, Yury Trutnev, held talks with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Of International Relations And Cooperation, Netumbo Nande-Ndaitwah, during which it was stated that Russia plays a key role in Namibia’s industrialization agenda, as well...
Staff Reporter THE World Bank Regional Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, Dr. Victoria Kwakwa, commended Namibia’s green industrialization approach, which aims to add value to green resources before exportation, emphasizing its potential to address the country’s primary challenges of unemployment and inequality. “I’ve seen a significant interest in the government to arrive at...
Business Reporter THE Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo, has said that the country’s pace of industrialization will be stunted without the required entrepreneurship and enterprise development. The Mines minister made these remarks at the 18th Tsumeb Copper Festival, held under the theme “Empowering Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Namibia.” Alweendo said that entrepreneurship makes...
Developing a new synthetic fuels industry in Namibia is not just an opportunity to fight climate change but indeed offers an unparalleled opportunity for green industrialization. This was President Hage Geingob’s emphasis when he addressed the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in Geneva. President Geingob outlined Namibia’s ambitions to mobilise sustainable climate financing...