In a bold step toward modernising public services, the Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA), in partnership with Green Enterprise Solutions, has launched a new Evaluation Automation System, promising to overhaul how Namibian qualifications are assessed and recognised. The announcement, made last week, signals more than a routine system upgrade and marks a decisive shift in terms...
NAIROBI – The presidents of Kenya and Uganda met near their shared border on Saturday, to mark the multi-billion-dollar, long-delayed extension of a Chinese-built railway that has left Kenya heavily in debt. The Standard Gauge Railway, built from 2013 to 2019, connects the Kenyan port of Mombasa to its capital Nairobi, and on to the...
Hackers have claimed to have stolen an astounding 500 gigabytes of sensitive data that has put the country’s aviation infrastructure on high alert. This is as the Namibia Airports Company is facing an unprecedented cybersecurity threat after suffering a recent ransomware attack. In a statement released on 19 March 2026, the Namibia Cyber Security Incident...
The number of mobile phone users in Namibia is growing, with prepaid services driving this increase. This is according to the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Quarterly Statistics Bulletin for October to December 2025. The figures indicate that Namibian mobile fuel use is up from 2.563 million in the same period in 2024. This...
The latest escalation of the war in Iran, this time involving strikes by Israel and the United States on energy infrastructure, has once again exposed a troubling pattern in global geopolitics that the persistence of the war machine operates with no regard for long-term economic stability. Regardless of the stated motives, the absence of a...
Bank Windhoek chief financial officer and acting executive officer of specialist finance Zenaune Kamberipa has noted that the coast now accounts for around one-fifth of Namibia’s housing transactions. Speaking at the bank’s Coastal Estate Agent Awards in Swakopmund last week, Kamberipa said this is an indicator of strengthening demand, supported by lifestyle migration, tourism investment...
Namibia’s flagship fuel infrastructure, the National Oil Storage Facility, is generating an estimated N$3 billion in annual revenue, but the single biggest cost to ensure its operational and long-term efficiency is not supply, logistics, or demand, but relentless and complex maintenance. Five years after becoming operational, the strategic reserve, designed to secure Namibia’s fuel supply...
Mauritius has invited Namibia and other African countries to deepen cooperation in digital technology, as both sides look to grow investment in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Speaking at the Namibia–Mauritius Business ICT Forum, Mauritius Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation, Avinash Ramtohul, said his country is ready to work closely with...
The 2026 National Budget showed that Namibia’s fiscal trajectory has deteriorated, compared to recent favourable expectations. This is according to Floris Bergh, chief economist at Capricorn Asset Management (CAM), whose latest budget analysis forecasts that Namibia’s creditworthiness is unlikely to improve and that funding pressure is expected to remain high as State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) join...
As the United States of America and Israel continue to wage an illegal war on Iran, the resultant geopolitical and market volatility has resulted in a surge in global oil prices. Brent crude, the most significant benchmark for global oil prices, was hovering around US$104 per barrel yesterday after hitting US$106 per barrel on Sunday. ...