TSUMKWE - The harvesting and sale of devil’s claw in the Nyae Nyae Conservancy & Community Forest and the N#a Jaqna Conservancy & Community Forest offer on a yearly basis a substantial supplementary income for their members who undertake this activity.
Year: 2019
From zero to successful chicken farmer…Kavango east woman narrates her poultry entrepreneurship journey
WINDHOEK - Rural women have always been the driving force of subsistence economic production as de facto head of families while men work in the south, and never really owned the means of productions they worked for.
Meatco pays over N$175m above parity
WINDHOEK - Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) last week announced that despite the prevailing drought, it has paid over N$175 million above parity to farmers.
Otjombinde farmers welcome rain relief
WINDHOEK - Otjombinde farmers have breathed a collective sigh of relief as much-needed showers poured down earlier last week, after one of the driest Novembers in the past decade.
Over 100 jobs created through Sanlam Innovation Works project
WINDHOEK – Sanlam, together with their project partner Namibia Business Innovation Institute (NBII), confirmed the winner of the 2019 Sanlam Innovation Works project. Linda P Ndakolo of Linda P Creations emerged as the overall winner of the 2019 competition and walked away with a cash prize of N$25 000 to further invest in her business.
Isolated Kamanjab welcomes Standard Bank agency
KAMANJAB – As part of expanding its footprint across the country and making banking services accessible to under-served communities, Standard Bank recently opened a new agency in Kamanjab in the Kunene Region.
Opinion: Black Friday, Cyber Monday and secure online shopping
With Black Friday fast approaching worldwide and its online equivalent Cyber Monday a few days later, the number of online deals during this time will far outnumber those available in stores.
Tjatjara takes over as commissioner of the NaCC
WINDHOEK – Isabella Angihinka Tjatjara has been confirmed as the incoming commissioner of the Namibia Competition Commission (NaCC) and in fact already commenced her new duties November 01, 2019.
Kudu Gas investors say they remain ‘fully committed’ to develop resource
WINDHOEK – Following an announcement last week that government has shelved the Kudu Gas Power Plant project to consider cheaper sources such as renewable energy, the operator of the Kudu license BW Kudu has come out in defence of the development, saying the project “is alive and well”.
Horse owners cross swords with municipality over stables
KEETMANSHOOP - Members of the Horse Lovers Organization in Keetmanshoop could face prosecution for illegally keeping their horses at facilities owned by the municipality.