Namibia is setting its sights on lithium battery manufacturing, with Industries, Mines, and Energy Minister Modestus Amutse saying that every industrial partnership must deliver skills transfer to turn the country's mineral wealth into locally manufactured products rather than raw exports.
Namibia has intensified efforts to attract investment as it targets export growth from N$102 billion to N$168 billion by 2030.
International Relations and Trade Minister Selma Ashipala-Musavyi says the country's economic agenda is focused on value addition and industrialisation.
Strong partnerships between the public and private sectors are the only way to achieve sustainable economic growth, industrialisation, and job creation.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has pushed for Namibia and Tanzania to move from political freedom to economic liberation by strengthening industrialisation, value addition and intra-African trade.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has pushed for Namibia and Tanzania to move from political freedom to economic liberation by strengthening industrialisation, value addition and intra-African trade.
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Ruthy Masake, has called for a shift from exporting raw agricultural commodities domestically to create jobs.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged African countries to fully implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to boost trade, industrialisation and economic growth across the continent.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi has called on African countries to strengthen economic cooperation and reduce dependence on external markets, saying Africa must take greater control over its own development and industrialisation.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi has reaffirmed government support for the green hydrogen sector.
Witbooi said this during her brief visit to the Hyphen Energy office at Lüderitz.
Through the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA), the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy (MIME) is advancing major industrialisation projects, including a pipe manufacturing initiative valued at N$390 million covering construction and operational phases.
