Africa-Press – Namibia. OVER 90 Namibians will be awarded scholarships to pursue their master’s degrees in areas related to the synthetic fuels industry.
This was said by president Hage Geingob during his state of the nation address (Sona) on Thursday.
“Tangible benefits from the grants received are yielding tangible impacts. Towards the end of this month, we will announce 93 Namibians who will receive scholarships worth more than N$34 million to pursue their masters and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in areas related to the synthetic fuels industry,” Geingob said.
He said one of the four pilot projects earmarked will receive over N$500 million in grant funding to develop their concepts, while more than N$120 million has flowed into the Daures Project, which is due to begin construction this year.
“The Hyphen project in the //Kharas region will commence with a feasibility study and we expect construction of at least three other green hydrogen projects in the Erongo region to begin,” he said.
However, Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernardus Swartbooi questioned how the students were selected.
Swartbooi said green hydrogen appears to be driven by Geingob and those around him, and not necessarily by the ministries.
“When you speak of the students that will gain this scholarship, the question comes – who are they, how are they selected, where is the funding coming from, how long will they study?”
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