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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Namibia has earned credibility through fiscal discipline, a hard exchange-rate anchor, and regulatory caution. Yet the same posture now risks suppressing strategic experimentation—precisely as climate stress, energy dependence, and commodity substitution intensify. The next decade will reward states that can govern uncertainty, not merely avoid it.
Namibia, the world’s third-largest uranium producer, is exploring the construction of its first nuclear power plant to achieve energy self-sufficiency and economic diversification. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has announced plans to initiate discussions on this transformative project within the current financial year. This move could position Namibia as a nuclear energy pioneer in Africa, leveraging its rich uranium reserves to reduce reliance on imported electricity and stimulate industrial growth.
Brazilian external relations minister Aloysio Nunes says there is a…
