Namibia Economy:

Namibia is a resource rich nation whose economy presently relies heavily on the extraction and processing of minerals.

Most of these are exported mainly to the United States and South Africa. Minerals found in Namibia include; uranium, tungsten, zinc, silver, copper, lead and diamonds.

Major industries are; food processing, dairy products, mining and meat and fish processing. Agriculture is also practiced in parts of the country and foods grown include; millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn and grapes. The country maintains strong economic ties with South Africa and the Namibian Dollar is attached to the South African Rand at one-to-one.