2023-11-28Maihapa Ndjavera The only long-term answer for Namibia’s adequate water solution is to install desalination facilities, as Agriculture Minister Calle Schlettwein forewarned yesterday that climate change is also eating away at the water sector. View more
2023-11-28Maihapa Ndjavera Lawmaker Maximalliant Katjimune of the Popular Democratic Movement stated that due to missing records and other issues, the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) will never have a sustainable payback model. View more
2023-11-29Maihapa Ndjavera Government is being assertive in ensuring the process of commencing with the country’s oil production is accelerated. View more
2023-11-30Maihapa Ndjavera The 5th generation mobile network and the new global wireless standard, 5G, has a better-advanced capability and supports a lot of emerging technology, such as artificial intelligence. View more
2023-12-01Maihapa Ndjavera With a two-year extension to allow for completion, Namibia’s fifth National Development Plan 5, which was created to help realise Vision 2030, only met 58% of its stated goals. View more
2023-12-14Maihapa Ndjavera Namibia is set to expand its power storage capacity in the energy sector with the introduction of the first-ever Omburu battery energy storage system (BESS). View more
2023-12-15Maihapa Ndjavera Namibia is among a handful of African countries that have successfully developed and implemented a trade verification system (TVS) to monitor cross-border financial transactions relating to the importation and exportation of goods. View more
2023-12-15Maihapa Ndjavera Namibia is in the process of creating a single importation point, where all the country’s import needs will be centred. View more
2023-12-18Maihapa Ndjavera One of the latest and biggest satellite systems in the world, Starlink, has expressed interest in commencing operations in Namibia by next year. Starlink uses a low earth orbit to deliver broadband internet capabilities, and the business is already active in a few African nations. View more
2024-01-09Maihapa Ndjavera Namibia finally ratified the European Union (EU)’s new 20-year collaboration accord last month, delineating the structure of EU relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations. View more
2024-01-09Maihapa Ndjavera President Hage Geingob says Namibia anticipates specific results from the extensive offshore oil drilling this year. With its many mineral offerings, the country has been of interest to the mining sector and the world at large. View more
2024-01-10Maihapa Ndjavera Insufficient rainfall during the 2022-2023 cropping season is primarily to blame for the decline in local crop production in the third quarter of 2023 - both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter. View more
2024-01-11Maihapa Ndjavera With the successful contracting of pilot projects and the impending disbursement of cash this year, Namibia’s green hydrogen journey continues to take on momentum. View more
2024-01-12Maihapa Ndjavera Bank of Namibia deputy governor Ebson Uanguta yesterday assumed duty as the interim managing director of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) for the next six months. View more
2024-01-15Maihapa Ndjavera The recent decrease in the prices for household oils and fats by 2.2% in December 2023, compared to the steep increase of 20.8% a year ago, has come as a relief to many people, especially informal food traders. View more
2024-01-18Maihapa Ndjavera PERSISTENT water woes will soon be a thing of the past for residents of the Groot Aub settlement south of Windhoek. View more
2024-01-19Maihapa Ndjavera TWO more arrests in Rundu yesterday now bring to 10 the number of suspects already detained in the multi-million-dollar fraud committed at Bank Windhoek’s Opuwo branch last Saturday. View more
2024-01-19Maihapa Ndjavera NAMIBISA recorded a higher Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow during the third quarter of 2023, mainly due to equity injections for exploration activities as well as the uptake of intercompany loans. View more
2024-01-22Maihapa Ndjavera Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani is championing for agricultural mechanisation and innovation as a potent lever to galvanise rural economies. View more
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