India, July 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Wednesday explored ways to strengthen ties in defence, trade and digital technology, with the two sides announcing the African nation will soon roll out a digital payments system based on India's Unified Payment Interface (UPI).

Namibia was the final destination of a five-nation tour that also took Modi to Brazil to attend the Brics Summit in Rio de Janeiro. He is the first Indian premier to visit the country in 27 years.

After a ceremonial reception at the State House in Windhoek, Modi held discussions with Nandi-Ndaitwah on strengthening cooperation in defence, maritime security, digital technology and UPI, agriculture, healthcare, pharmaceu...