A small nation’s surprising solution to unemployment | James Mnyupe
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🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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How did a small, economically vulnerable country become a trailblazer in sustainable industry? Clean economy builder James Mnyupe explores how Namibia is teaming up with partners from around the world to turn sun, wind and water into green hydrogen — a key ingredient in fueling everything from clean steel to eco-friendly transportation. Discover how this bold blueprint is creating jobs, cutting carbon and sparking a wave of African pride and possibility.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:12.4 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. |
| 0:14.2 | According to the genie coefficient, which is a statistical measure of income or wealth inequality within a population, |
| 0:22.8 | Namibia is the second most unequal society in the world. It has a high unemployment rate and like most nations in the world |
| 0:29.0 | suffers from increasing crippling droughts. As clean economy builder, James Nupay asks, |
| 0:35.9 | how do we make lemonade out of all of these lemons? |
| 0:39.5 | In this talk, James shares how Namibia looked at these massive problems and in just a few years |
| 0:45.6 | came up with actionable, innovative solutions that are bringing the country to the forefront of |
| 0:50.6 | green industry, creating new opportunities, jobs, and technologies. Not just for the |
| 0:55.5 | population of Namibia, but for countries everywhere. |
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