Vice President Nangolo Mbumba arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the 2nd Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Summit scheduled to start on July 27–28, 2023.

Mbumba is leading the Namibian delegation, which includes the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah; the Minister of Trade and Industrialization, Lucia Iipumbu; the Information and Communication Technology Minister, Dr. Peya Mushelenga; and the Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations, Utoni Nujoma, as well as senior government officials.

Members of Parliament in the National Assembly have also been invited to attend the 2nd Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Summit.

The summit is the highest-profile and largest-scale event in Russian-African relations and aims at bringing about a fundamentally new level of mutually beneficial partnership to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

It further seeks to promote equal cooperation across all areas of society, including politics, security, economic relations, science and technology, and cultural and humanitarian spheres.

In addition, the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board will be hosting investment promotion events on the margins of the 2nd Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Summit.

The focus of these is to highlight potential investments in Namibia’s dynamic key sectors.