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Patience Makwele  Industries, mines and energy minister Modestus Amutse has warned that Namibian businesses risk missing out on oil and gas opportunities if they do not prepare. He spoke at the upstream oil and gas local suppliers’ workshop in Windhoek on Tuesday, held by Petrofund.  Amutse said Namibia is nearing a final investment decision on offshore discoveries, and local firms must be ready. “Namibia is building this industry from the ground up. But participation will not happen by default. Our businesses must understand tendering processes, compliance requirements and operational standards if they are to compete," he said.  The workshop comes…

Justicia Shipena  More than 140 Namibian companies have submitted proposals for green industrialisation projects.  Green Hydrogen Programme interim head Joseph Mukendwa said the submissions followed a national call for proposals issued last year and closed earlier this year. “These proposals extend far beyond hydrogen production,” he said during the Climate Investment Funds Industry Decarbonisation Programme engagement in Walvis Bay on Tuesday.  Mukendwa said there were plans to decarbonise transport, produce green chemicals and fertilisers and support local manufacturing of renewable energy components. The call for proposals under the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Green Hydrogen Programme closed…

Allexer Namundjembo The Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) and the Road Fund Administration (RFA) have signed a research collaboration agreement to address funding and sustainability challenges in Namibia’s road sector. The agreement was signed on Monday in Windhoek. RFA chief executive officer Ali Ipinge said the road sector faces a funding gap of about N$3.7 billion for the 2025/26 financial year. “While this reflects an improvement from the previous year, it remains at a level that we must consider alarming,” Ipinge said. He said a temporary 50% fuel levy reduction will reduce RFA revenue by about N$300 million…