Marco Raffinetti

“Hyphen chief executive Marco Raffinetti on Monday said they commenced with the installation of 10 measurement towers within Hyphen's two concession areas in the park in August.”

“Hyphen chief executive Marco Raffinetti says although the company is yet to start the environmental assessment process, it is required to not only adhere to Namibia's environmental laws, but to also ensure compliance with internationally recognised standards for environmental and social sustainability, as outlined in the International Finance Corporation's performance standards.”

“"In a competitive world it would be irresponsible and to the detriment of the development of the Hyphen project and Namibia's broader green hydrogen industry to publish commercially sensitive agreements in the public domain which competitor projects or countries could use to compete with Namibia," Raffinetti says.”

“Worse still, Namibians have no clue what their representatives have signed them up for in the deal with Hyphen, whose CEO Marco Raffinetti has insisted the contract must remain secret – ostensibly to protect "commercially sensitive information".”

“Hyphen chief executive Marco Raffinetti highlighted the substantial potential he sees in Namibia's role as a lasting strategic ally for Japan in the realm of green hydrogen supply.”