This piece examines why an apparently attractive partnership between Mauritius’ container handler and a dominant global integrated operator may not, by itself, deliver sustainable growth in port activity. It focuses on mandates, governance capacity, incentive design, and the economics of reliability.
This piece examines how fire risk has shifted from discrete buildings to the corridors of critical infrastructure that carry trade, energy and digital continuity. It frames firefighting capacity as a matter of governance and capital discipline — and uses high-volume, distance-agnostic water delivery as a technical lens for how institutions can restore operational optionality without resorting to slogans.
This piece argues that modern large-scale fire disasters are increasingly decided upstream of the fireground: by whether water can be delivered at sufficient flow, pressure and duration under stress. It is written as a gateway document for leaders shaping resilience mandates, infrastructure investment and operational doctrine.
Namibia’s policy debate often assumes “transformation” is a matter of effort. The binding constraint is scale: sparse demography, high fixed costs, and regional integration that hasn’t delivered a true market.
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