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.
After more than a century of craftsmanship and legacy, one of Namibia's most iconic names in custom-made jewellery, Adrian & Meyer, is closing its doors.
The owner, Rolf Adrian, announced that the business will shut down at the end of July after being in operation for more than a hundred years.
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.
African Union leaders have adopted a presidential declaration committing member states to scale up local manufacturing of health products.
Namibia has welcomed India's proposal under the "Pharmacy of the World" initiative to establish a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility locally.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah made this statement during discussions with India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, at State House.
Namibia Ceramics, a manufacturing construction plant site located in Tsumeb, is the brainchild of Heikky Katti, a local man who came up with the business idea in 2017.
