Pan-African professional real estate services provider Broll Property Group, which has announced a new five-year plan and reinvigorated group strategy to position itself in the property sector in South Africa and across the continent, has appointed Jess Cleland as COO: Africa.
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Opinion – The development of Islamic financing for Namibian SMEs
The world has become a global village because of its revolution. It has been said that the world is becoming a global village in which there are no boundaries to trade. I obtained a postgraduate qualification in Islamic Banking and Finance in 2020. This article aims to investigate the opportunities of development and growth, as well as the main challenges to Islamic financing for SMEs.
Paratus adds fibre to its backbone
Delivering quality connections for businesses is the principal mandate for Paratus Botswana and its fibre rollout will take this to a new level. Paratus has invested over US$6 million in independent fibre connectivity in Botswana as a seamless add-on to its existing infrastructure backbone.
Mining companies directed to buy local… some still buying from outside to the detriment of local suppliers
Although the total value of goods and services procured by the Namibian mining sector during 2020 was about N$12.3 billion, a significant portion of the local procurement amount still goes to foreign-owned Namibian registered companies.
Model law on GBV takes shape… activists call for political will to stop the scourge
A prominent Namibian lawyer and activist, advocate Bience Gawanas, has called for political will to remove structural barriers to equality and end gender-based violence (GBV), amid indications that GBV has become a pandemic within the raging global Covid-19 pandemic.
Female pilot to head police air wing directorate
In a quest to increase the percentage of skilled and competent women in the cockpit and in police management, the Inspector General of the Namibian Police promoted three women in the Air Wing directorate.
Oshikoto to tackle digital gap in adult education
The Oshikoto education directorate says it will work towards bridging the digital gap in adult literacy, as this was the hardest-hit section during the Covid-19 pandemic. Education director Aletta Eises said they learned the hard way to adjust from the traditional ways of learning when the pandemic hit, thus forcing the directorate to fully migrate to e-learning as face-to- face learning was not a
MTC funds their dreamers
With an enviable track record of supporting social causes across the country, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) has now extended the same philanthropic gesture to all its ambassadors through its latest initiative called the MTC Dreamers Project.
NCS staff encouraged to work with advisory committees
The Commissioner General of the Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) Raphael Hamunyela has encouraged his staff to foster good relations with the members of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) to advance the work of the correctional facilities.
NCS a ninga omutumba noilyowilikingudu yokuyandja omayele kevyulonghalo
Commissioner General Raphael Hamunyela pamwe noilyowilikingudu yokuyandja omayele kevyulonghalo laLuno mOndangwa ova ninga omutumba Etivali wali kombinga nghee ovanadolongo vena okukala va kwafelwa.
