WINDHOEK - On 5 March 2019, Bank Windhoek was awarded the Green Bond Pioneer Award by Climate Bonds Initiative at the 4th Annual Green Bond Pioneer Awards (GBPA), announced before an international audience in London on the eve of the 2019 Climate Bonds Annual Conference.
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Nedbank celebrates top achievers
WINDHOEK - Nedbank Namibia’s top achievers were celebrated for their outstanding contributions to the bank over the past year, at a recognition ceremony held recently.
IPPs to invest N$1.6 billion into electricity sector
WINDHOEK – It is estimated that 14 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) will in total invest approximately N$1.6 billion local and foreign direct investment into the electricity sector and ultimately into the Namibian economy. This is according to the Chairman of the Electricity Control Board (ECB), Gottlieb Hinda, who in the electricity regulator’s latest annual report noted that the 14 IPPs are expected to add 70MW to the national electricity grid.
Human-wildlife conflict escalates in Erongo
OMATJETE - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has come to the rescue of Daures Constituency residents who live in constant fear due to the increased population of problematic elephants by providing water to the pachyderms.
SPYL cautions against the enemy from within
WINDHOEK - Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) Secretary Ephraim Nekongo has made an impassioned appeal to fellow members in the youth wing to stop being at each other’s throat and to rather focus their energy constructively and to find meaningful ways to create jobs for the benefit of all.
Police tight-lipped on Nedbank heist
WINDHOEK - Nedbank Namibia Limited says it will not disclose the amount stolen from its Otjiwarongo branch early Monday morning given the sensitivity of the investigations.
Two more suspects escape under police watch
RUNDU - The escape yesterday of two trial-awaiting inmates at the Rundu Police station in Kavango East has put a spotlight on police possibly ‘sleeping on duty’ as it came barely days after four inmates escaped at Omega.
Namibia granted N$124 million for climate change
WINDHOEK- With the devastating impacts of climate change evident, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved approximately N$124.6 million (US$ 8.9 million) grant for the implementation of a climate change adaptation project in Namibia.
How Kamushinda and his cronies robbed SME Bank
WINDHOEK - In a detailed affidavit, Ian McLaren, one of the liquidators of the defunct SME Bank describes how an investigation unearthed the modus operandi used by the crippled bank’s senior Zimbabwean employees and directors to fleece the bank of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Dual carriageway to be completed by 2022
WINDHOEK - Roads Authority (RA), says 37 kilometres of the Windhoek - Okahandja dual carriageway will be completed by September this year and the remaining 21 kilometres stretching towards Okahandja to be completed by 2022.