Preparing the Next Generation for Namibia’s Oil and Gas Industry
Join us on May 16, 2026, in Windhoek for the LESC 2026.
LESC 2026 is a focused platform for that readiness, helping students and young professionals move beyond academic papers into real capability, character, and contribution for the country’s energy future.
What LESC 2026 is about?
Around the world, leading energy gatherings describe themselves as the place where partnerships, investment, and talent come together to shape the road to first oil and a diversified energy mix. In that same spirit, LESC 2026 is not a general student fair, it is a youth workforce and industry readiness platform built for Namibia’s emerging energy story.
The conference carries the theme From Qualification to Contribution and asks one central question
What comes after the qualification. Degrees and certificates open doors, but contribution is what sustains careers, builds companies, and creates national value in oil, gas, and renewables.
Why this moment matters
Major discoveries in the Orange Basin have moved Namibia from frontier prospect to serious future producer, with projects such as Venus and Mopane moving toward decisions that target first oil around twenty twenty nine. Global and regional conferences now frame Namibia as an energy hub in the making, stressing collaboration, local content, and long term diversification beyond the first oil milestone.
The next few years are the preparation window, when companies shape their teams, institutions adapt curricula, and government activates local content policy. LESC 2026 exists to ensure that young Namibians are visible, informed, and ready to step into that window with confidence.
What makes LESC 2026 different
- A strategic meeting place between students, young professionals, educators, industry, and government focused on Namibia’s workforce needs
- A bridge between talk and measurable action on skills, local content participation, and early career pathways
- A youth centered complement to investment and policy conferences, ensuring that national energy dialogue includes the people who will actually run the future system
Four pillars that shape the programme
- Capability Help participants move from knowledge to competence through technical insight, practical employability skills, and exposure to how real projects work in oil, gas, and the wider energy mix.
- Character Build ethics, safety culture, and personal responsibility so that emerging professionals can be trusted with complex operations, communities, and national resources.
- Contribution Connect careers to local content, national development, and community benefit, so participants see themselves as active economic agents rather than passive jobseekers.
- Connectivity Open doors to mentors, recruiters, project leaders, and peers across Namibia’s ecosystem, turning interest into relationships and relationships into opportunities.
Who LESC 2026 is for
- University students across all years
- TVET and vocational students
- Final year students preparing for transition
- Recent graduates and early career professionals in their first few years of work
- Young entrepreneurs, innovators, and researchers who want to build solutions around Namibia’s energy story
Disciplines include engineering, geoscience, environmental science, economics, finance, law, logistics, ICT, communications, and more, all linked back to real roles in the energy value chain.
What you will experience
- Plenary sessions that set the big picture on Namibia’s road to first oil, energy transition, and local content priorities
- Deep dive tracks on themes such as subsurface and project roles, operations and safety, renewables and grid integration, energy finance and economics, policy and ESG, and entrepreneurship in the energy space
- Skills labs on topics like ATS friendly CVs, interviewing for technical and non technical roles, networking in professional settings, and using digital platforms such as LinkedIn strategically
- Local content and policy conversations that translate the National Upstream Petroleum Local Content Policy into concrete steps for students and young professionals
- Curated networking spaces where you can meet mentors, recruiters, and peers without needing to already have a network
Partnership Opportunities
Namibia’s energy story is opening fast. Academic qualifications are essential, but they are no longer enough on their own. To participate meaningfully in the oil, gas, and wider energy sector, young Namibians need exposure, skills, networks, and a clear understanding of how to contribute with excellence.
Questions?
📧 Email: info@leloenergies.com
📱 WhatsApp: + 264 85 810 2967
📍 Windhoek, Namibia
📷 Instagram: @leloenergies
About the Organizers
Lelo Energies is a technological and forward-thinking crew management company operating at the heart of Namibia’s emerging oil and gas sector.
The Student Conference is part of our broader commitment to empowering the next generation of Namibian professionals — equipping young people with the insight, exposure, and networks needed to thrive in this dynamic and growing industry.
