A summit that once led with infrastructure now leads with a word: modernization. The pledge is RMB 360 billion – about US$50 billion – and a smaller-is-better posture.
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Economics
FOCAC at 25: The Quiet Machinery Behind China-Africa’s Headline Pledges
Summits make the headlines, but the triennial forum that turns them into roads, clinics and credit lines is the part that rarely gets named.
Beyond Tin: What Andrada’s 3.46% Lithium Hit Adds to Namibia’s Resource Case
A tin producer posts a battery-metal grade. The number is really an argument about where Namibia keeps value.
Strategic Ore: What CNNC’s N$5.12 Billion Etango Stake Means for Namibia
A state-owned Chinese nuclear firm takes 45% of a major uranium project, and the regulator attaches conditions to its consent.
Building Before the Law: Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Bet on Projects Ahead of Statute
A small commodity economy is building a new export industry faster than the law meant to govern it.
Mining’s N$7.8 Billion: Namibia Banks Record Tax From a Shrinking Sector
The mines paid the state more than ever in 2025, even as their real output fell. The gap is the story.
Namibia4Life: N$1 Billion and the Global Permanence-Finance Playbook
Namibia has not just raised conservation money – it has adopted a financing structure built to make that money permanent.
Uranium’s Return: What Langer Heinrich’s N$3.5 Billion Values in a Restarted Mine
A mine that produced nothing for six years now earns a wide margin. The number is a valuation, not a milestone.
Ninety Cents a Tonne: What the Walvis Bay Levy Buys Namibia in Regional Trade
A small per-tonne charge is really a governance fee for the corridor that carries Namibia’s regional trade ambition.