Background:

• Official name: Republic of Namibia¹
• Location: Southwest Africa, bordered by Angola, Botswana, South Africa, and Zambia, with 1,500 km coastline on the South Atlantic Ocean²
• Population: Total 3,022,401 million (Male 48.77% / Female 51.23%)³
• Capital: Windhoek⁴
• Official language: English⁵
• Economic structure: Upper-middle-income country with mining-dependent economy (diamonds, uranium), growing tourism, and emerging green hydrogen sector⁶
• Political status: Stable democratic republic since independence in 1990. Strong governance institutions⁷

Membership of Regional Economic Communities (RECs):

• African Union (AU)
• Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
• Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
• Common Monetary Area (CMA)
• African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Additional Resources:

• Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC)
• Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation (MHETI)
• Vision 2030
• Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6) 2025-2031
• Education and Training Sector Improvement Programme (ETSIP)

Sources:

1. Namibia Constitution (Amended 2014)
2. Namibia Statistics Agency
3. Namibia Statistics Agency: 2023 Census
4. Government of Namibia
5. Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC)
6. Bank of Namibia
7. Government of Namibia