Monika Amunyela The Capricorn Foundation has expanded its support for improving literacy and numeracy in Namibia’s Kunene region through Meerkat Learning’s Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Programme. The programme, which began in 2024 at D.F. Uirab Primary School in Khorixas, originally only benefited 473 learners; the foundation’s investment now reaches up to 1 200...
In an era marked by intensifying global competition, rising inflation, and geopolitical realignments, China’s recent announcement to grant zero‑tariff access to imports from 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic ties beginning May 1, 2026 is a landmark policy with far‑reaching implications — not only for China‑Africa economic relations, but for the broader architecture...
MEKELLE – Deep into the night in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, dozens of young men with backpacks and suitcases are looking for a bus to Addis Ababa. Abel (23), fought for the Tigrayan Defence Forces during the civil war against the federal government of 2020 to 22022 that killed at least 600...
Rudolf Gaiseb National Assembly Speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says the Legislature has more bills to develop to improve Namibia’s training capacity to respond to the lack of specialist workers in the country’s health sector. This comes after her visit to the Windhoek Central Hospital’s Children’s Cardiac Intensive Care Unit yesterday, which revealed that Namibia’s department, among...
The new developments in China-Africa friendship and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, as well as China’s commitment to multilateralism and cooperation and a “big year” for engagement with the United States featured prominently as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi took questions from the press in Beijing on Sunday on the sidelines of the...
Monika Amunyela The budget allocation for youth development under the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture has increased by N$70.6 million, bringing the total to N$750 million for the 2025/26 financial year. The funding forms part of the ministry’s broader N$83.6 billion Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for the 2026/27 to 2028/29 financial...
Auleria Wakudumo The Hai||om have launched a landmark legal action against the government seeking recognition of their ancestral land rights over Etosha National Park and neighbouring Mangetti West farms. The director of the Hai||om association Toni Hancox confirmed through a media release seen by this publication that it has filed a case in the High...
LAGOS – Nigeria’s Dangote mega-refinery pledged on Monday to prioritise the domestic market to help prevent fuel shortages and limit the impact on prices of the war in the Middle East. It warned, however, that this hinged on government support and Dangote could not rule out further price hikes. Fuel prices in the West African...
Iuze Mukube The first edition of the GC Powerlist: Namibia 2026, which highlights general counsel and in-house legal teams who play a crucial role in shaping the country’s corporate and legal landscape, took place last week. The inaugural event was hosted by the Legal 500 in collaboration with South African law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr...
Across the world, women are reshaping economies. According to global entrepreneurship data, women started almost half of all new businesses in 2024, marking a 69% rise since 2019. Sub-Saharan Africa now holds the highest female entrepreneurial activity rate globally at 26%, according to the Harvard University Centre for African Studies. This surge reflects extraordinary ambition,...