Namibia: Port Expansion Should Benefit Locals

6 December 2013
New Era (Windhoek)
By Eveline De Klerk

Swakopmund — Businesses, including SMEs should prepare themselves for the port expansion by Namport by engaging the port utility.

By engaging with Namport local businesses and contractors could prepare themselves on how to also benefit from the huge port expansion project that will be completed in phases. This is the view of the Chief Executive Officer of Namport, Bisey Uirab. According to him Namport does not foresee foreign companies providing all the services during the duration of the construction project. That is why he is urging coastal residents and Namibians in general to take note and to prepare themselves, while there is still time in order to benefit from the multi-billion dollar capital project, when it gets off the ground. Uirab was addressing the business community during the last consultative meeting of the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), Swakopmund branch held yesterday.

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