Cabinet has approved the establishment of a new Green Industries Council which will replace the Green Hydrogen Council whose term officially ended in February 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Green Industries Council will oversee and guide Namibia\u2019s broader green industrialisation agenda and will focus on policy coordination, institutional alignment and investment priorities aimed at accelerating industrialisation, economic diversification and job creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Government spokesperson, Information and Communication Technology Minister, Emma Theofelus, said the new body marks a shift from the narrower green hydrogen focus towards a broader industrial development strategy aimed at positioning Namibia to benefit from emerging green industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The council will be chaired by the Director General of the National Planning Commission and its members will include representatives from the ministries of Finance, Industries, Mines and Energy, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Environment and Tourism, International Relations and Trade, and Urban and Rural Development. The Office of the Attorney General and the Bank of Namibia will also be represented on the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the launch of the African Green Industries Summit (AGIS) in May, interim head of the Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme (NGHP), Joseph Mukendwa, said Namibia already has projects demonstrating green iron production, green hydrogen mobility, green ammonia and fertiliser potential, renewable energy applications, and industrial decarbonisation pathways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur national objective is to use renewable energy, green hydrogen and its derivatives as enablers of industrialisation, value addition, infrastructure development, skills formation and long-term economic transformation. This means connecting renewable energy to productive sectors, linking green hydrogen to minerals beneficiation, supporting low-carbon manufacturing, strengthening logistics and port infrastructure, and creating space for local enterprises and communities to participate in emerging value chains,\u201d said Mukendwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the leadership of the National Planning Commission, Mukendwa said Namibia is currently preparing its Sectoral Transformation Investment Plan (STIP) through the Climate Investment Funds Industry Decarbonisation Programme. The intention is to submit the final investment plan around October 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis process is designed to help Namibia unlock catalytic concessional finance and crowd in further support from development finance institutions, multilateral development banks and private investors. However, the STIP is not only a financing document. It is a national project pipeline-building process. It is helping us identify which projects, infrastructure enablers, industrial opportunities and policy measures can move Namibia from planning into implementation,\u201d said Mukendwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through the process, 78 projects and developers have been shortlisted for further consideration and engagement. These projects fall under strategic themes such as clean energy and industrial power anchors; enabling infrastructure including grid, storage and system integration; industrial system decarbonisation and value addition; circular economy and low-carbon manufacturing; and bio-economy, agriculture and climate innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a strong indication that Namibia\u2019s green industrialisation opportunity is broader than one project or one sector. It cuts across energy, mining, agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, water, transport and technology. It also confirms that there is growing interest from project sponsors, local enterprises and development partners to participate in this transition,\u201d Mukendwa said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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