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.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah departed this morning for China, where she will further cement long-standing diplomatic ties between Namibia and China.
She was accorded full state honours as she took off from the Hosea Kutako International Airport.
Emerging farmers could receive additional support if a motion tabled in the National Assembly gains traction.
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.
Andre Messika Diamonds has placed local beneficiation at the centre of its operations, with a focus on buying Namibian diamonds, cutting and polishing them locally, and marketing them internationally as a Namibian product.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi has called for stronger Namibian and Chinese investment partnerships focused on local value addition, job creation, and sustainable economic growth.
Keetmanshoop residents are currently receiving training in horticulture, mushroom cultivation and value addition to improve food security and livelihoods.
The training conducted by the University of Namibia (UNAM) started on Monday and will run until Thursday.
"Garlic can be chopped up and then put in these containers. We invite food processors to come to Sikondo to see if we can collaborate on garlic processing. When you look at the garlic in all these retailers, it is mostly imported from South Africa. And it's such a simple crop to grow."
