The Directorate of Industrial Development is a key government body tasked with fostering a robust and inclusive industrial sector. Its core mission involves evaluating and advising on industrial projects, conducting vital research, and providing direct support to developers, investors, and small businesses. The Directorate plays a central role in creating the necessary infrastructure and legal frameworks to promote sustainable economic growth, reduce poverty, and ensure that historically disadvantaged individuals and communities are integrated into the national economy.
Directorate of Industrial Development
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Directorate of Industrial Development: Driving Industrial Growth
Acting Director
Pinehas Shinyala
Email
Tel: +264 61 283 7259
Policy & Legislation
- Formulation of legislation, policy strategies and programmes aimed at creating an enabling environment for promoting and developing a dynamic local small, micro and medium enterprise (SMME) sector.
- Development and implementation of policy strategies and programmes that facilitate long-term industrial development and diversification, which will lead to sustainable economic growth, development and job creation.
- Design and coordination of the implementation of an industrial policy for Namibia.
- Identification and promotion of viable resource-based and other priority industrial development potential and opportunities.
SME Support & Development
- Financing of feasibility studies/business plans for local small and emerging entrepreneurs and least developed towns (Feasibility Study Fund).
- Provision of business mentorship services and entrepreneurial skills training.
- Financial assistance to help SMEs secure booths or stalls to exhibit their products at trade fairs.
- Financial assistance towards the procurement of production equipment and inputs (Equipment Aid Scheme and Group Purchasing Scheme).
- Facilitation of business linkages and experiential factory visits.
- Facilitation of linkages to financial services and access to finance for SMEs.
Infrastructure & Planning
- Planning and constructing appropriate industrial infrastructure providing trading and factory space especially to small and medium enterprises.
- Construction and leasing of affordable business outlets and industrial workshops (Sites and Premises Development Programme).
Research & Data
- Production of statistics, and conducts regular censuses of the manufacturing sector.
- Research into and development of industrial products.
- Sponsoring feasibility studies and surveys of potential development areas.
Economic & Social Inclusion
- Promoting economic development in least developed regions in a manner that contributes towards integrating historically disadvantaged Namibians into the mainstream of the economy, the country’s GDP growth, reducing unemployment and poverty, and achieving an inclusive shared equitable economy.