The Organisation of African First Ladies for Development, under the stewardship of First Lady Monica Geingos, and partners launched the #WeAreEqual campaign, a year-long and continent-wide intervention that calls for urgent action to advance gender equity and close the gender gap across Africa.
Author: Paheja Siririka (Paheja Siririka)
Africa to invest more in water, sanitation
THE International High-Level Panel on Water Investment Action Plan proposes an additional US$2 billion a year be mobilised from African governments to increase water security and sanitation, water minister Calle Schlettwein has said.
Ovahimba teach through living museum
About 40 kilometres north of Opuwo lies a rich, real-life cultural experience of the Ovahimba people, a marginalised group which is seen as backward, yet destined to keep its heritage alive and educate the world about the way of life.
Evolve and respect your culture
Learners at the Mureti Senior Secondary School in Opuwo are advising fellow Namibian peers to respect culture as it forms an integral part of a person’s identity and not be overwhelmed by Western ideologies.
Mandume’s big dream of owning a food trailer
Culinary skills, coupled with years of experience trading as a kapana vendor at the Single Quarters, have led to Mandume Hasheni qualifying for the next round of the Nedbank Kapana cook-off competition, a step closer to owning a food truck.
Namibia first on path to eliminate antenatal transmission
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations partner agencies have commended Namibia on its path to eliminating HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus transmission from mother to child.
Finding purpose through fitness
By the time you read this, radio personality Laimi Elago will be somewhere up the 5 895-metre high Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Filling gaps and putting smiles …zooming in on cleft lips, palates
The Nampharm Foundation, with partners, such as the health ministry and other medical professionals, has been working tirelessly around the clock, facilitating the procedures of surgically correcting closures of the cleft lip and cleft palates of children in Namibia.
Intergrading youth in EU-Namibia cooperation
The Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Namibia recently launched the EU-Namibia Youth Sounding Board (YSB), a ground-breaking initiative that aims to create real, long-lasting change in how the EU engages with young people in its policy work and cooperation around the world.
APLI empowers youth, boosts businesses
The African Pathfinder Leaders Initiative (APLI) recently completed its second residential programme in Swakopmund, where 17 fellows got exposed to the scope of business.