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Namibian Volleyball Federation (NVF) will host the eagerly awaited Bank Windhoek-NVF Doc Tournament at the MTC Dome in Swakopmund this weekend.

Eleven Brothers from Naute Dam were crowned champions when they defeated Aus-based Desert Horses 3-2 in the final of the David Isaacks Independence Football Tournament held in Bethanie on Sunday.

The Namibia Football Association (NFA) opened a five-day coaching workshop for school coaches in collaboration with the sports ministry and the Namibia School Sports Union on Monday.

The Roads Authority (RA) has made another commitment to fund 10 tertiary students through their bursary scheme.

FTX, the bankrupt company once run by disgraced crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried, will sell two-thirds of its shares in hot AI start-up Anthropic for US$880 million, a court filing said on Monday. 

Japan’s plummeting birth rate has led a diaper manufacturer to stop making them for babies at home and instead ramp up production for adults, the company said Tuesday. 

For the second year running, the Euromoney Awards have crowned FNB as Africa’s Best International Private Bank in Botswana and Namibia as well as Africa’s Best Bank for Ultra High-Net-Worth Individuals, Discretionary Portfolio Management, Philanthropic Advisory, Succession Planning and Sustainability. 

Every region in Namibia has a unique competitive advantage it can leverage to boost its economy, minister of industrialisation and trade Lucia Iipumbu said.

With more than a quarter of all households in Namibia consisting of shacks and informal settlements which accommodate close to a million Namibians, the pressing demand for affordable housing presents both a challenge and an opportunity for the domestic construction industry.

Great progress has been made on various fronts of the country’s green hydrogen arena, but the incessant under-representation of Namibians from the Hardap and //Kharas regions remains a huge challenge, especially when it comes to scholarships.