For the financial year ending February 2022, Agribank advanced loans worth N$173 million into the agriculture sector. Out of the total amount advanced, N$10.8 million was disbursed to qualifying clients, specifically under the women and youth loan scheme of Agribank.
Founder of Ombu Capital Vetumbuavi Mungunda yesterday said the lack of rural economic activities would lead to even more urban migration that will bring about more challenges in urban areas.
Recently, a joint venture consisting of Shell announced the discovery of oil offshore. Soon after that, another joint venture consisting of TotalEnergies made a similar announcement, with Qatar Energy and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) partners in both discoveries.
Namibia will be commemorating 32 years of independence from colonial masters and apartheid rule; a dark and morally repugnant part of our history which witnessed and documented scores of Black and Coloured Namibians stripped off their dignity and bereft of substantive resources to establish meaningful and secure futures for themselves.
It is beyond any doubt that the introduction of the African single currency implied a very important step forward in the long process towards African integration, not only when seen from an economic point of view, but also politically.
This is the fourth instalment on a series of articles on ‘The Major Tools of Leadership’. This week’s article focuses on Leaders Pray.
According to Kerr and Kelly (1999), a simple definition of curriculum is all the learning which is planned and guided by the school, whether it is carried on either in groups or individually, inside or outside the school.
The news of the unfortunate demise of our minister, comrade, liberation hero and elder Immanuel Uarotua Ngatjizeko have sent high voltage shockwaves across the Namibian society.
Had the elders been alive, one would have started the conversation with: makuza, Uarotua uetuesa (apparently Uarotua has left us) and the elders would bore you with his act of bravery and defiance.
It takes complete selflessness and commitment to the welfare of humanity, for one to abandon the joys that come with rising up the corporate ladder in the private sector, for a job in the civil service, where even though professional growth is guaranteed, it often comes at a snail’s pace.