Namibia Eyes Green Hydrogen Future
March 16th, 2022
Via African Business, a report on Namibia’s green hydrogen ambitions: The Namibian government has announced that it will choose the German consortium Hyphen Hydrogen Energy as the preferred bidder for its green hydrogen project in the Tsau Khaeb National Park. The large-scale green hydrogen project is the most notable project in the government’s Southern Corridor […]
Read more »France’s TotalEnergies Makes ‘Significant’ Oil Discovery Off Namibia
February 28th, 2022
Via Al Arabiya News, a report on a ‘significant’ oil discovery off Namibia: France’s TotalEnergies on Thursday announced a “significant discovery” of light oil and associated gas off the coast of Namibia, saying it would start assessing potential exploration. The discovery comes after the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned last year that all fossil fuel exploration […]
Read more »Namibia’s Business and Investment Opportunities
August 22nd, 2020
Via, a report on Namibia’s business and investment opportunities: KEY TAKEAWAYS Business opportunities – Local production of perishable agricultural crops that are currently being imported – Solar power generation – Desalination and transportation of water – Cross-border trade facilitation – Support services to the mining industry – Food distribution, mass housing developments and education in northern […]
Read more »Namibia: Petroleum Investors’ New ‘Land of the Brave’?
January 3rd, 2020
Via Eurasia Review, a look at Namibia’s hydrocarbon potential and comparative positioning with Angola and Nigeria: Nigeria has long been known for its oil riches. Angola has too, but decades of entrenched corruption have chased foreign investors away. Now Namibia is joining the African oil conversation with one of the most oil-friendly regimes on the […]
Read more »Namibia: The New Commercial Gateway To Southern Africa?
May 24th, 2018
Via Ozy, an interesting look at Namibia: The quaint town of Swakopmund is Namibia’s fastest-growing tourist destination. Visitors flock here to experience the incongruity of German colonial buildings on the edge of an African desert, the allure of the treacherous Skeleton Coast and the promise of seeing 1,500-year-old welwitschias growing in the so-called Moon Landscape. […]
Read more »The Next Possible African Petro-State: Namibia?
May 29th, 2013
Courtesy of OilPrice.com, an interesting look at Namibia petro potential: Africa’s fabled mineral riches have excited foreign imaginations for centuries. When in 1324, Mali’s king Mansa Musa, who had converted to Islam 18 years earlier, made his haj to Mecca, his 60,000 man caravan carried 12 tons of gold on the back of their camels, […]
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