Namibia: Namcor opens new service station in Ekuku

The opening has expanded the company’s network in the Oshana region while offering fuel and convenience services as well as convenience solutions.

The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has inaugurated its second service station at Ekuku-Oshakati, located in the Oshana region. It’s opening at the edge of the Ekuku and Ehneye road has brought the company’s total number of service stations to nine.

“Namcor retail agenda looks at establishing a sufficient network of profitable sites that will enable them to later serve remote areas, such as regional capitals and rural areas, that do not have access to these services,” said Davis Maphosa, Namcor’s Sales and Marketing Executive, in a statement published by the local media outlet New Era Live.

The new forecourt will respond to customer’s fueling needs as well as offering different fast food and beverage options. Maphosa also stated that although the company has built the installations, they provide opportunities to the public to operate them.

“The fuel station is strategically located and will serve the entire community of Oshakati and travellers passing through the town,” said the mayor of Oshakati, Leonard Hango. According to the news site, the stations serve a community of 37,000 inhabitants and Namcor aims to have 33 forecourts functioning in the country within the next three years.

The governor of the Oshana region, Elia Irimari, has stated that this development will support the socio-economic activities for the local and regional agenda. “Retail sites are one of the building blocks towards realising meaningful shareholder value,” added Maphosa.