Determined to make the country proud and contribute to the growing need for leadership skills, the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) alumni in Namibia are encouraging more young people, especially unemployed graduates, to take part in the programme.
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Eros Girls school gets a facelift
The Eros Girls’ School in Windhoek got a facelift from the Retirement Fund Solutions and Neo Paints. Retirement Fund Solutions provides pension fund administration services.
Honouring youth in research and technology
The University of Namibia (Unam) recently celebrated youth in research and technology to create platforms, opportunities and support young researchers to ensure a better world for the future.
Automotive focus on Africa’s Free Trade Area
The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat are hosting a webinar on Thursday, 17 June, to explore how the AfCFTA is helping to shape the automotive policies for Africa, which, in turn, drives industrialisation.
Omeho Project aims to diversify Africa’s image
A new initiative calls for photographers in Windhoek to apply for a partnership position with Omeho Project to diversify the imagery of Africa in the western world.
Covid forces NaTIS to reduce staff
The Roads Authority (RA) has confirmed that in its efforts to mitigate the high risk of Covid exposure at its offices countrywide, it will be operating with reduced staff until the end of June 2021.
Namcor, ReconAfrica team up in oil hunt
The national corporation tasked to commercialise Namibia’s hydrocarbon resources, Namcor, and the Canadian company that has already proven the existence of oil in northeastern Namibia, have entered into a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) to develop the resource potential of the Kavango Sedimentary Basin.
Opinion – Go well Reverend Willem Konjore
Like the titans of his time, Reverend Willem Konjore belongs to a generation of Namibians who grew up on the other side of the main road that divided our communities along racial, ethnical and tribal lines. He too played an important role towards the independence of our country and the freedom of our people.
Opinion – Mental wellbeing suits us all
Mental health is a subject whose surface we are only starting to scratch in Namibia and it is not talked about a lot. In fact, not to single out Namibia, there are very few places in the world where healthy, open and frank discussions about mental health take place.
‘Insufficient evidence’ to support use of Ivermectin
The Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council this week insisted current available data does not support the use of Ivermectin - a drug used to treat parasites in animals – in treating or preventing Covid-19.
