Namibia and Botswana to build refinery

In a major step towards local collaboration, Botswana and Namibia are planning to jointly develop an oil refinery to enhance the value of local crude and cut down fuel imports

Namibia's President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Botswana's President Duma Boko have discoursed on the idea while the former's recent working visit to Gaborone. 

Other areas of improvement considered was the diamond sector as the nation representatives agreed to engage their respective mining ministers for close coordination to advance revenue generation. 

The Ministers also discussed ways to boost logistics and trade through Namibia's Port of Walvis Bay.