Namibia: Shell station opens, owner Vivo says it’s part of ‘aggressive rollout’
Vivo Energy Namibia, which markets and distributes Shell products, opened one service station in Rehoboth on March 4 on the corner of a highway. It includes a convenience store.
Managing Director of Vivo Energy Namibia, Johan Grobbelaar, said it is the third retail site just in Rehoboth.
Vivo Energy Namibia has 45 retail stations most with convenience retail stores. It employs 61 people.
Vivo Energy operates in retail; commercial fuels (marine, mining and aviation through Vitol Aviation); liquefied petroleum gas and lubricants in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda.
The company employs in all these countries around 2,100 people and operates over 1,500 retail stations under the Shell brand.