By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The City of Windhoek has announced that it is working with the Berlin Energy Agency (BEA) on a feasibility study to develop a solar photovoltaic (PV) mini-grid for the Mix Informal SettlementArea (MISA). The MISA is located about 20km north of the capital in the Windhoek Rural Constituency and the municipality finds it […]

By:Nghiinomenw-vali Erastus Around 6,500 people who travelled from Namibia to Botswana used their national identity cards (IDs) to cross over, and around the same number of people who crossed over from Botswana also used it as the new cross-border document. This is according to an update provided by the Council of Ministers of the Trans- […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Securitylast week indicated that it will work with the University of Namibia to identify all the undocumented clicks and special characters in languages used in the country. After identification, the clicks and special characters will be added to the Unicode Standard Identification which assigns each […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus In an era of risk aversion, entrepreneurship development and incubation is critical, says Basecamp Namibia Director Jesay Hano-oshike. The Villager interviewed Hano-oshike on the partnership between First National Bank Namibia (FNB) and Basecamp which aims to continue entrepreneurship development through incubation and mentoring. FNB last month entered into a partnership with Basecamp Namibia […]

By:Nghhinomenwa-vali Erastus The extractive sector still dominates the country’s economic outlook. Mining has been dominating past and current trade statistics, as the country’s export basket refuses to change despite political intentions. For the past five months, Namibia’s top export commodities are mostly minerals, including fish. Furthermore, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) Economic Outlook for 2023 […]

By: Annakleta Haikera The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has taken up another concessional loan from the German Development Bank, the Kreditanstallt fuer Wierderafbau (KfW) of about N$600 million ( about €30 million) for the funding of climate-mitigation infrastructure. The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) Chief Executive Officer Martin Inkumbu said the second concessional loan, […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) has indicated that the market for electricity generation is massive as the 12 member countries have over 9,8 Gigawatts of electricity needs. Thus, many Namibian power producers are opting to fill this regional gap as it attracts better prices compared to the domestic market. The SAPP administration […]

Uakutura Kambaekua Residents of Opuwo and its environs will no longer have to drive great distances to receive good standing certificates, register for tax, or submit their tax returns. This follows the recent opening of a satellite office in the town by the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA). This is NamRA’s second office in the region, […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus After assessing the plight of small-scale and artisanal fishers that are affected by climate change in the fishing sector, the Namibia’s Environmental Fund (EIF) will hand in a proposal to the Global Climate Fund (GCF). In its newsletter that covered its work in the first quarter of this year, the EIF announced it […]