Harsen Nyambe is the Director of Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment at
the African Union. He has 23 years of professional experience, of which, 14 years
of his career has been in international organisations covering the Southern African
Development Community (SADC) as a Senior Programme Manager responsible for
Natural Resources, the Commonwealth Secretariat as Head of Climate Change,
and the African Union Commission.
Prior to that, he served as a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Forestry of Namibia. He was also once a Head of the National Remote Sensing Centre in the Government of the Republic of Namibia. Furthermore, he taught Environmental Impact Assessment and
Ecology at the University of Namibia. His passion lies in fostering sustainable development through effective management of natural resources and the environment.