With the vision to personalise education through technology and help learners perform better in classrooms, a former teacher and software engineer Titus Hidishange has created ‘Passmygrade’, an after-school learning app for learners who are preparing for junior and senior secondary exams.
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Opinion: How to study
Academic or vocational education? Fundamentally these two fields differ in both domain and scope.
Using ICT for the greater good
A third-year software engineering student at Botho University developed a system to help schools to continue teaching and learning, because he says education should continue despite the current ordeal the country finds itself in.
Mandela Washington Fellowship Programme kicks off
A group of 15 young Namibian leaders have been chosen to participate in the annual Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, which is being held virtually.
Haimbodi seeks an internship opportunity
Paulus Shikongeni Haimbodi, a final year Bachelor of Accounting student at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), is in dire need of an internship to enable him to graduate.
Atlantic III equipping young professionals
Atlantic III, a Namibian boutique consulting firm, decided to partner with the University of Namibia (Unam) to accord three Namibians with internship opportunities in the business strategy and legal field.
Opinion: Bridging the healthcare divide saves lives
December 2019, Covid-19 became something for the world to worry about. It was no longer something that was just happening in Asia. Our globally connected world meant the virus is mobile and travelled just as its hosts did across the world.
African free trade in focus at annual conference
The African Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) has, in recent years, been a standing item at the Annual Conference of the Trade Law Centre (Tralac) based in South Africa. This year, it is again the case as the annual conference is, for the second year, a virtual event due to the global pandemic.
More public contracts for Namibians
Government has introduced several initiatives to support business recovery, following the severe impact of Covid-19, which devastated an already-struggling economy.
NCCI-led initiative bolsters virus response efforts
When the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), through its Private Sector Covid-19 Response Initiative, handed over the first oxygen tanks at the Katutura State hospital, a sore sight of piled up broken beds piled caught their eyes. Being proactive and in no time at all, the NCCI-led initiative on Monday handed over 100 repaired hospital beds to the health ministry.
