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A Small Nation’s Surprising Solution to Unemployment | James Mnyupe | TED

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…

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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. (Recorded at TED Countdown Summit 2025 on June 18, 2025)

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26 Comments

  1. @Jasonxbr

    August 12, 2025 at 11:08 am

    The way to fix unemployment in small nations or nations is undeveloped is to establish a government that isn’t prone to corruption, greed, selfishness, control, manipulation, power, and outside interference. 😢😢😢😢😢
    Sadly, this is a pipe dream.

    • @Jasonxbr

      August 12, 2025 at 3:10 pm

      ​@@ExistentialWolf???🤔

    • @Jasonxbr

      August 12, 2025 at 3:41 pm

      ​@ExistentialWolf, 😮oh yes, I’m aware, also he is has Canada citizenship as well.

    • @Jasonxbr

      August 12, 2025 at 3:59 pm

      ​@@ExistentialWolfinteresting facts, we’ll the more you know 😏

    • @Jasonxbr

      August 12, 2025 at 4:25 pm

      ​@ExistentialWolf Sure, no problem. In the end what was your point about Elon? Since he is south Africa status and his family fortune was in the mines. Exploitation? 🤔

  2. @Aydelizspringmeyerer

    August 12, 2025 at 11:15 am

    i don’t understand it but i respect it 🔥😛

  3. @Shirleymaepoinsetttt

    August 12, 2025 at 11:15 am

    caught me off guard but i’m not mad 🔥😛

  4. @fanudalizo5471

    August 12, 2025 at 11:21 am

    From Namibia here!

  5. @stocktonjoans

    August 12, 2025 at 11:31 am

    this perfectly exemplifies the problem with T.E.D, capitalism caused this problem, it’s not going to fix it too, sometime doing the right thing isn’t profitable and nothing will change until everyone excepts this

    • @BestGearFEz

      August 12, 2025 at 10:36 pm

      I agree, TED provides info, but it is still basically just business promo and a way to raise funds and interest at the end of the day. I feel like this speaker and cooperative are taking a positive step, but it’s still more about a business opportunity than doing the “best” thing or taking the “best” step. But hey, that’s business/capitalism/society, we don’t fix the cause, we just mitigate the side effects to make money.

  6. @jakem3617

    August 12, 2025 at 11:34 am

    Wow liberals making the worlds climate worse as usual

  7. @AcolyteBlaze

    August 12, 2025 at 11:55 am

    Innovation that can benefit the planet.

  8. @esti445

    August 12, 2025 at 12:41 pm

    Is it me or this dude sounds like the real engineering guy and with the correct accent 😅?

    • @hmshector42

      August 12, 2025 at 1:05 pm

      Once I read this I noticed

  9. @HeyAnkit-j8j

    August 12, 2025 at 12:57 pm

    Who is hear learning English 😊😂

    • @AntonioVieira-jn4gb

      August 12, 2025 at 6:15 pm

      Me😅

    • @NasriinUpdirshiid-v9y

      August 13, 2025 at 1:41 am

      ✋😂

  10. @hmshector42

    August 12, 2025 at 1:05 pm

    Great talk

  11. @BataraAthala

    August 12, 2025 at 1:36 pm

    0:24

  12. @NKPyo

    August 12, 2025 at 1:43 pm

    Great talk!

  13. @chalmer31

    August 12, 2025 at 4:36 pm

    Beautiful work!

    Be careful when you codify how to do this, that you allow room for creative, local solutions. Think of what constraints codification might have placed on this project had it existed at the time. Run the new rules against how you did this, and make sure innovation remains safe.

  14. @NasriinUpdirshiid-v9y

    August 13, 2025 at 1:53 am

    8:51

  15. @yujibuji6327

    August 13, 2025 at 7:32 am

    Higher production cost ?, hydrogen energy is expensive can be clarified, efficiency of the system? Can developing nation adopt these systems ??? Are still unanswered.

  16. @haigha-qb4kf

    August 13, 2025 at 10:59 am

    Imo development countries are for very good reason developing countries. What they sometimes appear to lack is democracy and in every case lack, are centuries of development.

  17. @kemm1

    August 14, 2025 at 7:24 am

    Love the progress!

  18. @WatsGoingON_

    August 14, 2025 at 2:39 pm

    Long way to go🎉

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