Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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State companies ,
ministries and institutions in Namibia
Designation: Ministry of Trade and Industry
State level: Ministry
Founding: 2020 (2015; 1990)
Turnover or
budget / budget :
approximately N $ 749,437 million
(2013/2014)
Highest office: minister
Officials: Lucia Iipumbu
(since March 23, 2020)
Headquarters: Windhoek
Facilities: Namibia Standards Institution ,
Namibia Competition Commission ,

Offshore Development Company ,
Namibia Development Corporation ,
Namibia Estate Agents Board ,
Walvis Bay EPZ Management Company ,
Namibia Trade Forum ,
Business and Intellectual Property Authority ,
Board of Trade

Homepage: www.mti.gov.na

The Ministry of Trade and Industrialization ( MTI ; English Ministry of Trade and Industry ), the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Namibia . It is responsible for industrialization and trade ; between March 2015 and March 2020 also for SME development (Ministry of Trade, Industrialization and SME Development) .

The ministry was headed from December 4, 2012 to March 2015 by Minister Calle Schlettwein of the ruling SWAPO party. Tjekero Tweya has held the office since February 8, 2018 , before Lucia Iipumbu took over the ministerial office on March 23, 2020 .

Tasks and structure

The tasks of the ministry are the development of economic and trade structures within Namibia as well as the promotion of investments in Namibia by foreign countries and Namibia abroad.

In detail, these tasks are divided into the following areas:

  • Investment Center ( English "Namibia Investment Center" )
  • Trade and Economic Development ("Department of Trade and Commerce")
  • Industrial Development ("Directorate for Industrial Development")
  • International Trade ("Directorate for International Trade Development")
  • internal services ("Directorate for General Service")

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Official website of the Business and Intellectual Property Authority ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bipa.gov.na
  2. Statement by His Excellency Dr Hage G. Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia, at the opening of the First Cabinet Meeting , Republic of Namibia, February 8, 2018.