Year: 2025

As Namibia transitions into a new era under the Nandi-Ndaitwah administration, the country faces immense opportunities and challenges in embracing artificial intelligence (AI).  The strategic strengthening of AI governance is not just a necessity for security and regulatory oversight.  It is also crucial for boosting the oil and gas sector and empowering the youth.  Drawing...

You wake up one morning, check your email, and see a notification that your bank account has been accessed from a foreign country.  You scramble to check your transactions, only to realise that money has already been transferred out.  How did this happen?  The truth is, your data may have been stolen long before you...

The contemporary challenges facing Africa and developing countries are huge. Unemployment, hunger, poverty and wars are all serious challenges. These are challenges making African countries inevitably perform at the negative end, and where events become too dramatic, relief actions from wealthier nations often have to respond to “African chaos.”  However, even relief action has become...

In African societies, communal mourning is deeply embedded in cultural traditions, where grief is not an isolated experience, but a shared, collective expression of loss.  The passing of a leader, elder or respected figure becomes a moment of unity, where communities come together in rituals, song and remembrance. As John Mbiti (1969) famously stated, “I...

Pregnancy is often described as a beautiful journey, but for many women, it is also a period of immense hardship, especially when they are left to go through it alone. While some men embrace fatherhood with pride and responsibility, others choose to walk away, leaving the mother of their child to navigate the emotional, physical,...