CWG Impact is building a vertically integrated green industrial ecosystem in Namibia — transforming the world's most abundant solar resource into clean energy, water, hydrogen, steel, fertilizer, and carbon-neutral compute.
We don't just generate clean energy — we use it to reimagine entire industries from the ground up, creating a fully circular industrial economy powered entirely by the sun.
Every stage of the value chain — from photon to finished product — is owned and optimised within a single industrial ecosystem, eliminating waste and maximising returns.
Namibia's strategic Atlantic coast position makes it the ideal origin for green exports — hydrogen, SAF, ammonia and steel — to Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Green fertilizer for African agriculture. Affordable clean water. Carbon-neutral compute. We're building infrastructure that benefits the continent first, while serving global demand.
Our entire operational stack — generation, processing, logistics, compute — runs on renewable energy. Net-zero isn't a target. It's the foundation of our business model.
Every unit of solar energy captured flows through an interconnected system where no resource is wasted. Water desalinated by solar becomes electrolysed hydrogen. Hydrogen drives steel production, feeds fertilizer synthesis, and powers aviation fuels — a complete industrial metabolism with zero fossil input.
"Namibia has the potential to become the Saudi Arabia of green hydrogen — and CWG Impact is building the infrastructure to make that a reality."
CWG IMPACT — FOUNDING THESIS, 2024
Each vertical amplifies the others. Solar powers desalination. Water enables hydrogen. Hydrogen unlocks steel, fertilizer, and fuels. The ecosystem compounds.
Namibia sits within the global solar belt with irradiance levels of 2,500–2,800 kWh/m²/year — among the highest on Earth. Our utility-scale photovoltaic installations form the foundation of the entire ecosystem. Multi-gigawatt capacity generation with advanced battery storage ensures 24/7 industrial-grade power availability.
Namibia borders 1,500 km of Atlantic coastline — an effectively unlimited water source. Solar-powered reverse osmosis plants produce potable and industrial-grade water at scale, feeding directly into electrolysis and supporting agricultural irrigation across the region. Addressing both industrial need and a critical humanitarian gap simultaneously.
Electrolysis of desalinated water using surplus solar power produces green hydrogen at competitive cost. Hydrogen is the versatile backbone of our industrial complex — stored and converted into synthetic fuels (SAF, methanol), ammonia, or fed directly into industrial processes. With direct pipeline and port access, Namibia becomes a key hydrogen export corridor for Europe's decarbonisation agenda.
Conventional steelmaking is among the world's largest CO₂ sources, responsible for ~8% of global emissions. Our direct reduced iron (DRI) process replaces coal with green hydrogen, producing carbon-free steel. Southern Africa's rich iron ore deposits provide proximity to raw materials, making Namibia a natural green steel hub for African infrastructure development and global export.
The Haber-Bosch process synthesises ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen — the basis of all nitrogen fertilizers. Powered by green H₂, our ammonia production is fully decarbonised. With Africa facing a critical fertilizer import dependency and food security crisis, locally produced green fertilizer is both a commercial opportunity and a continental imperative. Every tonne produced reduces Africa's agricultural carbon footprint.
Hyperscale compute demands ever-more power with ever-greater urgency around its carbon footprint. Our data center campuses run on 100% direct solar — no offsets, no RECs. Situated in one of the world's lowest-population, lowest-cost, highest-solar regions, our facilities offer hyperscaler and AI workloads a genuinely sustainable compute home. Low latency to European and South American cable systems.
Green hydrogen and ammonia are building blocks for a vast downstream chemical landscape. Methanol, urea, nitric acid, explosives for mining, specialty polymers — the full chemical value chain becomes accessible when you control green feedstocks at scale. Our industrial zone is designed to attract and incubate chemical manufacturing partners who benefit from co-locating with clean input supplies.
This isn't an arbitrary choice. Namibia's unique convergence of natural endowments, political stability, and strategic geography makes it the most compelling site on Earth for green industrial development.
Namibia receives 2,500–2,800 kWh/m²/year of solar irradiance — comparable to the Atacama Desert and among the highest globally. Minimal cloud cover, low humidity, and high altitude create near-perfect conditions for photovoltaic generation.
824,000 km² of territory with a population of just 2.7 million — one of the lowest population densities on Earth. Vast arid regions ideal for solar farms, with minimal land use conflict or displacement risk.
1,570 km of Atlantic coastline provides unlimited desalination feedstock and direct export access to Europe and the Americas via the Port of Walvis Bay — a deep-water port with existing bulk export infrastructure.
Namibia consistently ranks as one of Africa's most stable democracies, with strong rule of law, property rights protection, and transparent regulatory frameworks. The government actively incentivises green energy and industrial investment through the Namibia Green Hydrogen Strategy.
Namibia's green hydrogen corridor is at early-stage development. Concessions, infrastructure, and partnerships secured now will define the market structure for decades. The window for establishing foundational positions is narrow.
At full build-out, CWG Impact's industrial ecosystem will be among the largest green industrial projects ever undertaken on the African continent.
Private infrastructure for the CWG Impact team — hosted on cwg.flow-master.ai
We're looking for investors, partners & pioneers.
Whether you're an infrastructure investor, an industrial offtaker, a technology partner, or simply a believer in Africa's green industrial potential — we want to hear from you. The scale of this vision requires bold collaborators.
joachim@cwg.flow-master.ai