Cabinet has instructed the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy to prepare the Consumer Protection Bill and has also approved, in principle, the establishment of the Consumer Protection Agency.

The directive is part of the resolution taken at the last Cabinet sitting.

The Minister of Industries, Mines, and Energy has highlighted that placing upstream petroleum under the Presidency's Upstream Petroleum Unit is a strategic move aimed at safeguarding Namibia's emerging oil and gas sector.

Industries, Mines and Energy Deputy Minister Gaudentia Krohnë has formalised a solar revolving fund agreement between the government and CENORED for the implementation of the rural and peri-urban solar electrification financing services.