Commonwealth nations can unlock about N$22.3 trillion in additional trade through the adoption of electronic transferable records and comprehensive legal reform.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged countries considered part of the Global South to work together as members of the Commonwealth bloc.
Dr. Nandi-Ndaitwah held brief discussions with the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, at State House.
Commonwealth governments, businesses, academia and civil society have been urged to work together and remove trade barriers, improve market access and for all members to move together.
The call was made by speakers at the 23rd Dr. Theo-Ben Gurirab Public Lecture in Windhoek.
The inaugural Commonwealth Business Summit is expected to commence tomorrow in Windhoek.
It will be held on the margins of the Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting.
The new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth has urged the bloc to stand in unison with countries daily targeted by attacks.
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey made the call in her inaugural address and pledged to advance the values of the Commonwealth Charter, delivered on Wednesday.
Citizens of Commonwealth countries gathered to commemorate the 76th anniversary of Commonwealth Day in Windhoek.
The Commonwealth consists of most of the former colonies of the British Empire.
The Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, visited the late President Geingob's family.
Patricia Scotland expressed the deep sense of loss felt by the entire Commonwealth family over the death of Dr. Hage Geingob.
