Namport announces new CEO

WINDHOEK – Gerson
Adlk Bisey Uirab, 42, has
been appointed CEO of the
Namibian Ports Authority
(Namport). Namibia’s
Cabinet, the appointing
authority for the country’s
state-owned enterprises, chose
Uirab from a shortlist of
candidates to replace Sebulon
Kankondi, who resigned last
year.
Uirab, a Namibian
national, was plucked from
the Somaliland Telecoms
Group, where he ran the
human resources division. He
had earlier worked for the
Bank of Namibia, the Legal
Assistance Centre and Mobile
Telecommunications (MTC).
Uirab will head a five-year
expansion plan for the ports
of Walvis Bay and Luderitz,
which are managed by
Namport, and will spearhead
Namport’s goal of turning
Namibia’s ports into the
west coast seafaring hub for
southern Africa.