Rudolf Gaiseb Newly appointed Intercontinental Youth Connect (IYC) ambassador for Namibia Tjipura Tjipura aims to localise global opportunities for Namibian youth, and to ensure that youth are at the forefront of the country’s economic and social transformation. Tjipura, a young Namibian activist and researcher who advocates for economic and social justice, has shared vocal support...
Popular internet streamer Darren Jason Watkins better known as iShowSpeed yesterday confirmed that Namibia remains a part of his 28-day African tour. This is amid challenges related to aviation permits. The 20-year-old content creator was anticipated to visit the country as part of his widely followed 28-day African tour anounced last year. However, the Namibia...
Monika Amunyela Designed as a community-based transport and school shuttle service, Londa Rides provide safe, affordable, and reliable transportation for students and young commuters in Namibia. What first started as a project in Rachel Lazarus’ Design thinking class, quickly transformed into a real-world solution tackling student mobility. The inspiration behind Londa Rides is deeply personal...
Rudolf Gaiseb While this song plays, Let the people eat and drink; For tomorrow they die. This beautiful garden, Its roses burn like fire. Still, this heart, is stubborn to retire. The broken, cry, and their tears run dry. Let them look up; the sky hears every cry. While this song plays, I’ll write to...
An engineering association plays a powerful and transformative role in the academic journey of university students, serving as both a platform for growth and a bridge to real-world opportunities, according to the Young Consulting Engineers of Namibia (YCEN). YCEN is a forum for young professionals operating under the Association of Consulting Engineers of Namibia (ACEN),...
Monika Amunyela At just 20 years old, IT specialist Jaden van Rensburg from Rehoboth created a technology-based system to help track and recover stolen or lost electronic devices. This invention aims to address a growing problem affecting individuals, schools, and businesses. Currently studying at International Training College Lingua in Windhoek, van Rensburg has positioned himself...
Once upon a time, there was a beige Bee that thought it was a grey housefly. This Bee used to hang out on rotten cabbages and played inside the worm-crawled trash bins. One afternoon, the queen bee bumped into it and realised that this bee was not buzzing like a worker. The queen chased after...
Rudolf Gaiseb Monica Amunyela The Ethical Use of Social Media Seminar for Young Women in Politics has empowered women to be resilient in the age of cyberbullying. Through its theme, ‘Resilient Voices: Women Leading Safely in the Digital Age’, the seminar provided a platform to address online bullying, sexual exploitation, harassment, and abuse, and numerous...
Monika Amunyela Namibia officially launched phase II of the AfricaEducatesHer Campaign, joining the African Union (AU) to empower women through education. Delivering the welcoming remarks, Ayesha Wentworth, the director of the programs and quality assurance directorate at the ministry of education, highlighted the importance of the occasion and the campaign’s purpose as an advocacy platform...
Long ago, clouds of flirting soared over Omusarakuumba for years. For now, toothpick-thin children missed circling red spider mites or building sandcastles; therefore, they roasted flying termites. The only full-tummy creatures were the spotted hyenas that giggled over the cows’ skins littering the mud cakes’ waterholes. Kambangane joked that he didn’t care about the rain,...