We are excited to inform you that the Standard Bank Biomass Fair 2023 will now take place at Gross Barmen Resort, located south-west of Okahandja in the beautiful Otjozondjupa Region still from the 7 to 9 September 2023. The resort boasts a modern conferencing venue that perfectly aligns with the requirements of our event. Moreover, […]
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Apr
Apr
N-BiG invites eligible experts with experience in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Sciences, Private Sector Development, or a related field to apply for the inventory and assessment of previous experiences and status quo of bush value chain activities for commercial and communal areas, including conducting a potential analysis for joint venture business models, and to develop […]
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Feb
Feb
TU Delft , the Netherlands, in collaboration with N-BiG hosted a participatory workshop on the utilization of encroacher bush to produce shipping biofuels in Namibia. The full-day workshop took place on the 16th of February at Roof of Africa in Windhoek. This workshop is part of the Clean Shipping project, with the aim to develop […]
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Feb
Feb
This week: 6th-8th February 2023, N-BiG in collaboration with BBE launched their project implementation strategy plan during a 3-day workshop. These workshops consisted of two internal workshops attended by representatives from BBE,N-BiG, and Sequa. The final workshop, held on the 8th of February 2023 included representatives from BBE, Sequa, key industry stakeholders (Agricultural Bank of […]
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Dec
Dec
Our very first female director, Dr. Ndahafa Nghifindaka was appointed during this year’s AGM. Dr. Nghifindaka currently serves as President of the Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers’ Union (NECFU). We warmly welcome Dr. Nghifindaka and look forward to a fruitful working relationship
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Sep
Sep
Namibia could generate up to N$76 billion over the next 25 years if the 15.8 million hectares of bush encroached land is thinned sustainably. This is the overall target for restoration of bush encroached land in the National Strategy on the Sustainable Management of Bush Resources 2022-2027, launched on 08September at the Standard Bank Biomass […]
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Sep
Sep
Date: 07 – 08 September 2022 Registration link: https://app.glueup.com/event/standard-bank-biomass-fair-2022-online-62635/ Following the covid-19 pandemic, which halted the event and made large-scale activities worldwide difficult, the Namibia Biomass Industry Group (N-BiG), the Namibia Charcoal Association (NCA), and the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), will host a two-day Biomass Fair comprising of a Research Symposium and Industry Conference […]
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Jul
Jul
Date: 07 – 08 September 2022 Venue: Safari Hotel and Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia Registration website: https://app.glueup.com/event/standard-bank-biomass-fair-2022-59710/ Following the covid-19 pandemic, which halted the event and made large-scale activities worldwide difficult, the Namibia Biomass Industry Group (N-BiG), the Namibia Charcoal Association (NCA), and the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), will host a two-day […]