The country’s manufacturing sector is expected to create over 80 000 jobs in the next five years. Its contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will reach 18% during the same period. These projections and set targets are outlined in the country’s sixth National Development Plan (NDP6), which will serve as the government’s implementation, monitoring...
Namibia, through its continuous investment in both infrastructure and human resources, count amongst a few African countries that has achieve a success rate of over 90% in the number of children accessing primary education and in terms of net enrolment. As it currently stands, Namibia has an accessibility and net enrolment success rate of 97,8%,...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday reminded the country’s commercial farmers that for Namibia to succeed in its food security efforts and strengthen its agricultural value chains, their involvement and interest in key government policies and programmes will be of paramount importance. Nandi-Ndaitwah made this call during yesterday’s site visit to Camp Xain Quaz, where she met...
An estimated 20 000 children aged 12 to 17 years in Namibia are exposed to dehumanising activities of online sexual exploitation and abuse annually. Statistics from a survey conducted by the world-renowned Disrupting Harm Project reveal that 81% of Namibian children aged 12 to 17 are internet users. Among them, 56% go online every day....
Namibia has set in motion plans to establish its first-ever nuclear analytical laboratories, which will be complemented by over 100 trainees in the field of nuclear science, as part of the government’s efforts to lay a solid foundation in advanced nuclear technology. Under the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6), the government will place special emphasis...
Namibiab !auga!hūgu ǁga sîǂuis ge ai!gû rase !gâi ǀomkhâisa ra ǁgau, ǁnāpas Namibiab ra Afrikab ǁga sîǂui xūn di ǁkhāsiba N$4.7 biljuns ai mâse. ǁÎn hîa danase nē sîǂuis !nâ ǀgaisase ǀomkhâisa ra ǂhākhâin ge ǀnoreǀuin, uranium-i, !huniǀurib, ǁaun tsî koper-i tsîna. Nau ǀkhāb aib ge !hanaǂgāb ǂûn tsîna ǀomkhâi ra ǀomkhâis !nâ !gâise ra...
Wulff & Co, Norway’s largest importer and wholesaler of premium meat and food products, has indicated its readiness to acquire over 800 tonnes of Namibian beef and related meat products, further expanding its client portfolio with Meatco since coming on board over a year ago. A delegation of senior Wulff & Co executives recently met...
Namibia’s export performance continues to show exponential growth, with the country’s total exports to various African markets standing at over N$4.7 billion, while as of late last year, imports from within the continent stood at N$7.7 billion. Key export commodities that contributed to the country’s growing trade footprint within the continent are diamonds, uranium, gold,...
The decision to cease payroll deductions on the government Payroll Deduction Management System (PDMS) by 30 November will not mark the end game for civil servants, the Ministry of Finance’s Executive Director Michael Humavindu has assured. Humavindu said a review process and wide consultations with stakeholders are currently underway on the matter and other alternatives...
Government, through the ministry of agriculture, is set to invest a whopping N$34 million in bolstering and implementing of strategic rain-fed agronomic programmes, which will, in the long term, boost the country’s food security efforts and create resilient value chains. The investment will be made over the 2025/26 financial year and through subsidies, the ministry...