AfDB backs Namibia’s hydrogen project

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2025-12-18

WINDHOEK, 18 December 2025 - Manager for Energy and Extractives for Eastern and Southern Africa at the World Bank, Yadviga Viktorivna Semikolenova, Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Modestus Amutse and African Development Bank Regional Sector Manager Farai Kanonda at the launch of the National Energy Compact. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 DEC (NAMPA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged funding for Namibia’s green hydrogen project and urban electrification drive under the National Energy Compact, launched in Windhoek on Thursday.
The initiative forms part of Mission 300, which seeks to connect 300 million people to electricity across Africa by 2030.
AfDB regional sector manager for energy Farai Kanonda, during his address, said the bank approved a N.dolla...

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