Considering this year’s International Women’s Day (8 March) theme, ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality’, we must ask how innovation and technology can enhance and improve the lives of women and the girl child, especially in Africa.
Author: Correspondent (Correspondent )
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Opinion – African free trade holds promise for youth
The African Union Summit brings together the leaders of all 55 member states to discuss issues facing the continent and chart a course for its future.
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Vulnerable communities to receive vouchers
To mitigate the effects of escalating food and commodity prices and food insecurity in vulnerable communities in Namibia, the World Food Programme yesterday launched the Food Voucher Programme in collaboration with the Japanese embassy at Tsintsabis in the Oshikoto region.
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Finance insight with Mekupi Kambatuku – Access to finance for farmers is possible
One of the burning issues for farmers and Agripreneurs is notably access to financing – both for operational funding shortfall and for agribusiness start-ups. In various conversations and inquiries to me, as a consultant, farmers are struggling with access to finance.
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Utilising land effectively for agriculture
Land is one of the vital means of production that has enabled the transformation of many family agri-business ventures to be well-established agri-enterprises that enjoy sustainable profits that are shared over many generations.
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Tribute to Dr Naftali Tuyoleni Hamata 1944-2023
Death robbed us of a great man, who contributed immensely to humankind in Namibia. Dr Naftali Hamata, popularly known in family circles by his African name, Tuyoleni, was born into a peasant family of tatekulu Henok Hamata, a builder and subsistence farmer, and meekulu Saara Nhinda-Hamata, a housewife and subsistence farmer.
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Widow baffled by husband’s disappearance, death
Even though the police report states that no foul play is suspected, Rebecca Rooi has said her husband’s disappearance does not make
sense.
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Opinion – Green hydrogen: Energy independence or security risk?
As Namibia explores the potential of green hydrogen as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting sustainable development, questions are being raised about the critical implications for national security.
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Opinion – Windhoek’s great divide: The Western Bypass
Spatial legacies refer to the lasting effects of human actions on the environment. These effects can be good or bad, such as building roads or damaging the environment.
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Opinion – Written in the Sand (1904 -1964)
The year 1964 marked 60 years after the wiping-out order of all the Hereros. A pocket of breathing skeletons cheated death by supping poisoned water.