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Spotlight | Namibia
TotalEnergies and Windhoek's optimism belies myriad obstacles

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in Ongwediva, Namibia, on 25 August 2025.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in Ongwediva, Namibia, on 25 August 2025. © Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua-REA
Gathered in the Namibian capital last month for their annual oil industry summit, private companies and government officials sounded distinctly bullish. But behind closed doors concern is growing within an industry forced to play it by ear amid fiscal uncertainties and organisational ambiguity surrounding the governance of the oil sector. [...]
Reading time 4 minutes Clotilde Ravel
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