WINDHOEK - Last week Saturday a portion of Independence Avenue between Kasino Street and Sam Nujoma Drive became a hive of activity.
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2019-10-312024-05-06Business
Seedstars World partners with African Development Bank to propel youth start-ups and jobs
WINDHOEK - Seedstars World, a Swiss-based start-up competition in emerging markets, and the African Development Bank on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership to implement its innovative ‘job creation track’ model to support youth employment and entrepreneurship in Africa.
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2019-10-312024-05-06Business
Make sure you are ethical and willing to repay a loan, says Issac
WINDHOEK - Standard Bank Namibia’s Head of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Dennis Issac, said loan seekers should make sure they are ethical and willing to repay their dues whenever applications are to be submitted to the bank.
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2019-10-312024-05-06Business
Lufthansa Group introduces new connection from Windhoek to Frankfurt
WINDHOEK - The Lufthansa Group has expanded its long-haul network, now connecting Windhoek with its largest hub in Frankfurt, in cooperation with Eurowings.
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2019-10-312024-05-06Business
Level of PE corporate governance directly linked to performance – Jooste
WINDHOEK – The quality of corporate governance in public enterprises (PEs) is directly correlated to the performance of these entities. This was confirmed by Minister of Public Enterprises Leon Jooste yesterday at the first-ever National Corporate Governance Summit, which took place in Windhoek.
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2019-10-312024-05-07National
Opinion: The Namibian generational election curse
Namibia is going to the polls on 27 November 2019 to elect both the president and members of parliament. The nation will be dragging along its generational election curse of bloated party lists, ten presidential hopefuls in a population of less than 3 million and chains of political and financial scandals.
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2019-10-312024-06-18Crime and Courts
N$5 million heroin accused to get new trial dates
WINDHOEK - A Former Air Namibia cabin crew member currently being tried for attempting to smuggle N$5 million worth of heroin is set to get new trial dates after his trial came to a standstill in Windhoek regional court.
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2019-10-312024-06-18Crime and Courts
Trial of slayer of lover nears end
WINDHOEK - The trial of a woman accused of ending the life of her live-in boyfriend by stabbing him 17-times has reached its final stages as closing arguments will be heard in Windhoek Regional Court in three weeks’ time.
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2019-10-312024-05-07National
Hungary eager to assist Namibia
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Speaker of the Hungarian parliament, László Kövér, says Namibia is one of his country’s long-standing friends and that Hungary has started to heighten that friendship through its policy of “opening to the South strategy” which entails increasing economic ties with the African continent and Latin America.
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2019-10-312024-05-07National
Ikaba residents resist proposed conservancy
KATIMA MULILO – Community members of Ikaba in Kabbe South constituency have different opinions regarding the formation of a conservancy in the eastern flood-prone area.