Namibia’s business community continues to mourn the untimely passing of President Hage Geingob.
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Fishing sector employers’ compliance at 67%
The labour ministry’s executive director Lydia Indombo said the ministry conducted 547 workplace inspections to evaluate adherence to fundamental employment requirements.
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OECD ups world growth forecast but sees Middle East ‘risk’
PARIS - The OECD raised its 2024 world economic growth forecast yesterday but warned that the Middle East conflict posed a risk, with disruptions in Red Sea shipping threatening to increase consumer prices.
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Accurate statistics vital for thriving agri sector: FAO
Various experts who attended the recent Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Rural Statistics (SPARS) assessment findings workshop concluded that empowered farming communities and a thriving agricultural sector cannot optimally function without the dissemination of accurate statistics.
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Cattle exports remain on upward trajectory… abattoirs to absorb more in 2024
Namibia’s cattle exports increased by 57.46% from the 15 902 heads exported during November last year to almost 152 000 cattle exported mainly to the South African, Angolan, Zambian and Zimbabwean markets.
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All systems go for Epukiro auction … pens finally completed
Following slight delays due to incomplete vital infrastructure, it’s all systems go for the much-anticipated Eastern Epukiro Farmers Association (EEFA) auction, which will now take place this Thursday at Epukiro Pos 3.
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Branch-on-Wheels targets remote farmers
Agribank, the country’s leading agricultural financial lender, is placing special emphasis on small-scale remote farmers through its latest initiative Branch-on-Wheels, which takes its services closer to prospective and existing clients.
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How to build a resilient farming business
Farmers in Namibia face numerous challenges, including climate change.
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Death toll rises to six in Kenyan gas blast
The death toll from a gas explosion in Nairobi last week has risen to six after three more victims died from their burns, the government’s spokesperson said Sunday.
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Kidnappers abduct 35 wedding guests in Nigeria
At least 35 women are missing after kidnappers seized guests returning from a wedding in northwestern Nigeria, officials told AFP on Monday. The mass kidnapping in Katsina state is the largest in a series of recent abductions across Africa’s most populous country.