Swapo parliamentarian Eliphas Dingara says if he had his way Namibians would not have to work, as the country has an abundance of natural resources to cater for the daily financial needs of citizens. He says Namibia’s natural resources are not being exploited to benefit all. “We should not even be working because we have...
Namibia, the world’s third largest uranium producer, has been challenged to utilise its resources locally to deal with rising energy prices, a top official has said. Tjekero Tweya, head of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on natural resources, contends that despite Namibia’s wealth in resources like uranium, the country’s focus on exporting rather than harnessing them...
President Nangolo Mbumba expressed Namibia’s willingness to take notes from Angola’s oil and gas sectors while touring oil and manufacturing companies during his one-day visit to Angola on Monday. Mbumba and his counterpart, president João Lourenço, agreed to have a bi-national commission to improve collaboration on oil and gas and energy, among others things. “The...
President Hage Geingob has called on countries more susceptible to the effects of climate change to harness their natural resources and explore self-reliance rather than just be recipients of aid. Dr. Geingob was reacting to the launch of the new Loss and Damage Fund to compensate vulnerable countries and help them deal with the irreversible...
The Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, on Monday in Luanda defended the alignment between natural diamond producing countries to improve the management and protection of this type of precious stones. Speaking at the opening of the meeting of the Ad-hoc Committee for the Review and Reform of the Kimberley Process Certification...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured that President Bola Tinubu administration would harness the natural resources of Kogi for the benefits of its citizens. Shettima gave the assurance during a meeting with first Class Traditional rulers at the State Government House in Lokoja on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vice...
Press Release The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has strongly supported a call by the African Development Bank Group urging countries in Africa to stop borrowing loans backed by their natural resources. The IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva met Thursday with the President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire....
Avolta Natural Gas Detector with NB-IoT/LTE-M Connectivity eLichens is introducing the first Natural Gas Detector integrating NB-IoT/LTE-M Connectivity GRENOBLE, France, Sept. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — eLichens, a leading provider of non-dispersive infrared sensors and detectors, is thrilled to announce the collaboration with Sequans, resulting in the latest evolution of its Avolta, Natural Gas Detector...