President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and President Emmerson Mnangagwa have identified the Trans-Kalahari Highway as a critical enabler to increase trade and other economic activities between Namibia and Zimbabwe. 

This follows the Zimbabwean government's interest in joining the Trans-Kalahari Corridor project, along with Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. 

Nandi-Ndaitwah and Mnangagwa held talks at the State House in Harare on Tuesday.

The Trans-Kalahari Corridor provides a direct route from the Port of Walvis Bay, through Botswana, to South Africa's Gauteng Province.

Its expansion aligns with Namibia's set-out objectives to increase investments in infrastructure and increase trade activity.

President Nandi-Ndaitwah said this is a priority, in addition to the rehabilitation of railway lines and other transport linkages with neighbouring countries.

She expressed satisfaction with the way the Zimbabwean government is developing its dry port facility at Walvis Bay, which opened in 2019.

The two leaders urged the private sector from Namibia and Zimbabwe to collaborate on the transport network projects.

The Trans-Caprivi Highway between Namibia, Zambia and the DRC is another that President Nandi-Ndaitwah put forward as a consideration for collaboration with Zimbabwe and the rest of the SADC region.

President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe's joining the cross-border road network would continue to contribute to the harmonisation of trade in the region.

The Zimbabwean leader also welcomed the decision for the two countries to elevate the Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation to a Bi-National Commission.

The Bi-National Commission will be chaired by the two Heads of State.

Namibia and Zimbabwe also have a general agreement in place, governing trade and other bilateral matters between the two countries.