1. Namibia Trade and Investment Focus Sectors: Agri-food, Services & IT
Overview for Doing Business in Namibia Seminar
The Hague
World Trade Centre
6 December 2018

2. Why 3 Focus Sectors? Agri-food, Services and IT
Netherlands has competitive advantage in these sectors
Namibia is a small, open economy that depends on services to grow
Namibia is well situated, with good infrastructure and facilities, to grow into a regional services hub
Services jobs create a regionally competitive position and high level of skills

3. Agri-food – State of Play
NL big market for Namibian fish, meat and grapes
Namibia a market for NL poultry, powder milk, inputs
Currently sector is 6-7% of GDP. Deeper value chains needed
Need water saving and productivity enhancing technology
Local content requirement recently increased
Currently 96% of fresh fruit and 50% of other horticulture products imported
Large untapped underground water reserves in the North
Land reform – Large need for agri skills and extension services

4. Agri-food - Opportunities
Climate Smart Agriculture – farming in arid conditions, water saving
Agri-inputs and Agri-processing technology and education
Joint Ventures for value addition and EU market access across the whole sector
Fresh logistics and packaging
Export of high quality, organic, free range and hormone free products into EU
Value adding processing of fish and export to the Netherlands

5. Services Sector – State of Play
62% of the Namibian economy, employing half the labour force
Tourism constitutes about 14% of GDP and is the fastest growing sector of the economy
Tourism creates many jobs, also in remote parts of the country
Direct flight KLM several times a week + 6 other major carriers
First world infrastructure, 4G internet, roads, ports and airports
Namibia aspires to be transport hub. Needs fast clearing and logistics systems

6. Services - Opportunities
Opportunities in Tourism and Logistics
Operatorships in ports, maritime and offshore service industry
Tourism sector is in need of payment systems, marketing services and investment to scale-up and expand
Shortage of hotel/lodge beds and conference facilities
Green and eco-tourism
Logistics pre-clearance management systems

7. IT– State of Play English speaking country
IT structure + regulatory framework
Narrow IT value chain. Opportunity for growth
IT skills available AND LOw COST OF ENTRY

8. IT - Opportunities Call/data centres
Automation & management software (airport/logistics)
Data collection and processing
IT in education facilities, e-learning
Optimisation + integration of systems
Procurement and inventory systems for public sector
IT - Opportunities

9. Speakers Cecile Oosterveen + Olivier Smekens– Monate.Green
Simon Goddek – Desertfoods/WUR
Cliff May – Meatco
Marc Klein Wolt – Radboud University
Friso Veenstra – TNO
Rutger Kramer- Eyeplanes
Thierry van ‘t Hoff - Naankuse
Speakers