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WINDHOEK - Nedbank Namibia will introduce Pepper, a humanoid robot, to learners at the Nedbank Career Expo which started Wednesday at the Windhoek Country Club and will end on Friday, 24 May 2019. Pepper is visiting Windhoek while taking a few days leave from his fulltime job as a client experience ambassador at Nedbank’s digital branch called the NZone in Sandton, Johannesburg. 

WINDHOEK – Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, yesterday pledged to continue building a safe and sustainable software ecosystem to provide the best experience for all users globally.

WINDHOEK – The recent election of Cyril Ramaphosa as South African president augur’s well for investors, provided the newly elected leader sticks to his promises to stamp out escalating corruption, turn around ailing state-owned enterprises and

There comes a time in any entrepreneur’s lifecycle when situations get tough. With the current persisting drought, combined with a challenging economic environment, entrepreneurs might find themselves faced with cash flow difficulties. As a result, this can negatively affect payments to creditors.

WINDHOEK - Damen Shipyards Group and Debmarine Namibia recently participated in a special steel-cutting ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of a new offshore vessel.  

OKAHANDJA – The Olafika SME Development Mentorship Programme, a Namibian Diamond Trading Company (NDTC)-sponsored initiative, is building a Diamond Generation by placing more emphasis on developing small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

WINDHOEK - Sanlam last week opened its new office in Outapi. Located at the Outapi shopping mall, the new office was opened with the aim of taking services closer to the people of Outapi and nearby towns. 

WINDHOEK – The Kavango East Region has been allocated N$226 774 000 for its development budget for the 2019/20 financial year. For the remainder of the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework the development budget for the region reduces to N$216 687 000 in 2020/21 and then reduces further to N$190 702 000 for the 2021/22 financial year. 

WINDHOEK – One of the global leaders in aeronautics and space-related services, Airbus, last week held its annual African airlines business lab symposium in Zanzibar, bringing together airline industry experts and managers from carriers across the region, to position their businesses to take advantage of the rapidly expanding African market.

WINDHOEK - Without sufficient and affordable supply of electricity, crucial economic contributors, such as the mining sector, will not be able to operate optimally. For instance, of the more than 4 000 gigawatt hours (GWh) the country consumed in 2018, a significant portion, or just over 1 400 GWh, was consumed by the mining sector.