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The Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) will host its third senior tennis tournament for the year from Friday to Sunday at the Central Tennis Club (CTC). 

One of Namibia’s leading boxing stables, AC Boxing Promotions will host a boxing bonanza on 10 June at the Nampower Convention Centre in the capital to raise funds for a six-month-old baby girl who suffers from a severe brain injury. 

African ministers, development actors and research institutes gathered on 14 April in Washington DC, on the margins of the 2023 World Bank/IMF Spring meetings, to discuss the impact of credit ratings on the cost of development finance in Africa.

NamPower signed Power Purchase (PPA) and Transmission Connection (TCA) agreements with Cerim Lüderitz Energy for the development of the 50MW Lüderitz Wind Power Plant on a Build-Own-Operate Basis. 

When property mogul Erastus ‘Chicco’ Shapumba approached Opuwo Town Council with a deal to buy the town’s only sporting facility, the council was convinced he was a good sport.

The Agricultural Bank of Namibia has bemoaned the current high interest rate environment, stating that it is becoming increasingly difficult to source affordable capital to pass on to the agriculture sector at affordable rates. 

The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund is eyeing a N$400 million increased budget, to N$2 billion, to cater for the expected increased number of applicants
 during the 2023 academic year.

National Council Swapo member John Likando has asked for more funding to address living conditions in military bases across the country. 

Students at the University of Namibia (Unam) Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Engineering Campus, in Ongwediva, have expressed their frustration over their
dean, Petrina Johannes, who allegedly failed them.