Vice President Lucia Witbooi has called on French businesses to invest in Namibia, pointing out the country's growing economic opportunities and commitment to strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations with France.

Botswana and Rwanda signed six bilateral agreements in Gaborone aimed at removing barriers to trade, investment, and people-to-people movement.

Agreements cover double taxation avoidance, visa abolition, health cooperation, and expanded economic and investment collaboration.

Organisers of the Invest in Africa Trade, Export and Business Summit 2026 have called on businesses, investors and partners to come on board ahead of next month's event at Swakopmund.

The Invest in Africa Trade Expo and Business Summit will run from the 28th to the 30th of next month.

Botswana and Zimbabwe have moved to deepen bilateral cooperation aimed at unlocking trade, investment and sectoral collaboration between the two neighbouring countries.

This emerged at the just-ended fifth Botswana/Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission, held in Harare.

Namibia is at a critical stage in its emerging oil and gas sector, with billions of dollars in potential investment and job creation opportunities at stake.

This was the view of officials at the inaugural National Upstream Oil and Gas Local Suppliers Workshop hosted by Petrofund.

Namibia is set to host the second Namibia-European Union Business Forum from the 12th to the 13th of May. 

This marks a key milestone in strengthening economic ties and advancing investment cooperation between the two partners.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has expressed strong support for plans to establish Namibia’s first large-scale Atlantic salmon industry during a meeting with the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) and Namibian Atlantic Salmon Holding (NASH).

TotalEnergies has indicated that the Venus oil project is expected to commence by mid-year, and is currently in the technical development phase.

The Vice President of TotalEnergies, Mike Sangster, made the announcement when he paid a courtesy visit to President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at state house.

The Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, NJ Ayuk, has called on Namibia to take bold, decisive steps toward energy independence and economic transformation.

The Chief Executive Officer of Rhino Resources, Travis Smithard, said that Namibia's decision to elevate the petroleum sector within government structures has strengthened investor confidence.