Namibia: Kelp Start-Up Shortlisted for N$11,4m Climate Award

Kelp Blue is among this year’s finalists of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the United Arab Emirates’ pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, which carries a N$11,4-million (US$ 600 000) prize.

Lüderitz-based Kelp Blue is a Namibian start-up which contributes to the restoration of natural ocean wilderness and the mitigation of excess CO? by establishing large-scale giant kelp forests in deep waters.

The start-up is a finalist in the new climate action category, introduced to mark…