By: Dwight Links
The African Green Industries Summit is slated for 9 to 10 September in Swakopmund, replacing the Global African Hydrogen Summit, which served as a flagship event for the green hydrogen developments in Namibia and around the world.
The Namibia Investment Promotion Development Board (NIPDB), the Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme (NGH2P), NAMPOWER and the Ministry of Industries, Mines & Energy partnered up to endorse the new platform that will consolidate the green industries’ activities.
Acting NIPDB CEO Jessica Hauuanga outlined that this summit builds on the past editions which focused on the green hydrogen subject matter.
“As NIPDB, we supported the previous event as a strategic platform for Namibia’s vision for green industrialisation while highlighting the significant investment opportunities emerging in the rapidly developing green hydrogen economy,” Hauuanga stated at the unveiling of the summit in Windhoek.
Hauuanga noted that there is strong international interest that has been garnered over the past few years since the platforms were created.
“The aim would be to ensure Namibia maintains its persistent presence on the global stage of green industrialisation developments. These will be coupled with potential investment opportunities that are generated from engagements similar to these,” she added.
According to the organisers, the summit is aimed at connecting the small and medium enterprises in the green sectors to participate in opportunities that would arise, and for the skills transfer to the workforce of the future.
The AU Development Agency also endorses the summit from a continental perspective on African industrialisation, as the operating theme for the summit will be ‘Empowering African Industries for Sustainable Development.’
Last year’s event drew 1 400 delegates from 65 countries, where they participated in more than 30 roundtable engagements and were exposed to 75 exhibitors.
Key to last year’s event was the signing of an MoU between the Namibian Ports Authority (NAMPORT), the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG), the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, and the Port of Rotterdam.
