5th March 2012
Windhoek, Namibia
I have just returned from a fascinating week-long familiarisation trip to the deep south of Namibia. I visited British businesses, a High Commission-funded environmental project, met with local mayors, officials from the Karas Governor’s office, flew by helicopter to visit NamDeb’s offshore marine diamond operations, saw a 16th century Portuguese shipwreck, talked to local school […]
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23rd February 2012
Windhoek, Namibia
Amidst all the global financial doom and gloom, it was really heartening to receive the UK’s latest bilateral trade in goods figures for Namibia this week and to discover that both imports and exports had doubled in 2011. Imports of Namibian goods to the UK jumped up 108% in 2011 to hit £446m (up from […]
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27th January 2012
Windhoek, Namibia
I met up with members of the CT World Cup Rally Team at the Kalahari Sands Hotel last night for a drink as they passed through Namibia on their epic ‘3 continent/14 countries/in 27 driving days’ journey down the African continent. The Rally marks the first ever timed driving event from Europe to the bottom […]
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19th January 2012
Windhoek, Namibia
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to visit the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) Centre this weekend and was delighted to discover a number of British scientists and volunteers based at the field research, conservation and education centre near Otjiwarongo. Namibia is home to the world’s largest number of free-ranging cheetah, boosting some 20% of […]
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4th January 2012
Windhoek, Namibia
Happy New Year to all! As noted in my previous blog, 2011 marked a significant strengthening of UK-Namibian relations. Looking forward, I am happy to say that 2012 already looks set to hold a number of significant events that will help boost our bilateral links further and provide plenty of reasons for celebration. This year, […]
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23rd December 2011
Windhoek, Namibia
It is incredible to believe that I have now been in Namibia for six months. The time has flown by and it has really been a wonderful experience. The world has seen an extraordinary number of things happen on the international playing field in 2011: uprisings in north Africa, numerous natural disasters, some significant deaths […]
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16th November 2011
Windhoek, Namibia
The British High Commission used the opportunity of the UK Minister for Africa’s visit to Namibia this month to launch a new British Business Group (Namibia) on 1 November. On my arrival to Namibia earlier this year, I was delighted to discover a wide range of British businesses operating here. British companies are active across the […]
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9th November 2011
Windhoek, Namibia
I am UK based member of staff at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and have been in Namibia for two and a half weeks to help with the organisation of the 3 day visit to Namibia by the UK’s Minister for Africa, Henry Bellingham. The Minister arrived fresh from the UK on 31 October to […]
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4th November 2011
Windhoek, Namibia
I thought it was well worth highlighting a couple of key events in turn (over a series of blogs), which really helped round out the heavy commercial focus of the programme and highlight the breadth of our activities here. The photos also help illustrate the tremendous warmth of the reception that the minister received from […]
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21st October 2011
Windhoek, Namibia
Queen Elizabeth II has arrived in Australia for this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting. She will be joined by head of states from across the organisation’s diverse membership, including President Pohamba and a sizeable Namibian delegation, including the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Trade & Investment. A key focus of this year’s event […]
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