Walvis Bay is the only deep-water port on Africa’s west coast south of the equator. Closer to the copperbelt than Durban. Yet for decades it handled a fraction of the trade.
That is changing. The Trans-Kalahari and Trans-Caprivi corridors connect it directly to Zambia, Botswana, and the DRC. Namibia-Zambia bilateral trade grew 48% in a single year.
Walvis Bay doesn’t need to replace Durban or Dar es Salaam. It just needs to be the credible alternative. In a world where miners want route diversification, that’s enough.
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