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More than 300 Namibian and Indian Companies discuss business opportunities

High Commission of India
Windhoek
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More than 300 Namibian and Indian Companies discuss business opportunities

More than three hundred companies and businesspersons from Namibia and India came together to explore business opportunities, especially in the aftermath of Covid-19, in an online business interaction organized today by High Commission of India, Windhoek, in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and with the support of Namibian Investment Centre (NIC) and India-Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (INCCI).

Speaking on behalf of Hon’ble Minister Lucia Ipumbu, Hon. Minister for Trade, Industrialization and SME development, Dr. Michael Humavindu welcomed Indian companies to do business in Namibia. Namibia Investment Centre made a presentation on investment climate in Namibia,

Focus areas for the online business interaction were pharmaceuticals and health care, agriculture & irrigation, power & energy, mining and infrastructure. Senior Representatives of renowned Indian companies Cipla (pharma), Transrail Lighting (power and energy), Apollo Hospitals (healthcare), Jain Irrigation Systems (agriculture and irrigation), Vedanta Zinc International (mining) and Kibwe Engineering (infrastructure) made sector-specific presentations.

H.E. Mr. Prashant Agrawal, High Commissioner of India to Namibia, said that in addition to showcasing the best and leading Indian companies in the respective fields, the High Commission was also focussing on helping Small and Medium Enterprises. He also appealed to Hon. Minister Ipumbu to smoothen some of the trade obstacles in availability of Indian drugs and pharmaceutical products in Namibia, so that quality pharma products could be available to Namibian consumers at affordable prices.

To follow up on the interaction today, the High Commission would be organizing sector specific online B-to-B meetings for Namibian companies with their Indian counterparts in coming days, for which interested companies could write to comm.windhoek@mea.gov.in for more information.

Windhoek, August 27, 2020