By:Nghiiomenwa-vali Erastus An entrepreneur in the Kavango East region who collects plastic waste and transforms it into environmentally friendly bricks without using water has won N$50,000 seed capital from Old Mutual Foundation to expand his business. The Wapa-Nawa Recycling Centre won the the Old Mutual Sustainable, Economic & Empowerment Drive (OM SEED) funding for 2023, […]

By:Staff writer Food and non-alcoholic beverages were the biggest contributors to inflation after July’s annual inflation rate stood at 4.5%. This is a year-on-year decrease in inflation compared to the 6.8% witnessed in July 2022 as well as a month-on-month decrease from the 5.3% seen in June this year. In general, the price of food […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Communal production of staple food has dwindled so badly in the 2022/23 season, grain like mahanguproduction fell by 54% from the10 year’s average communal production. This implies that many villagers who used to be food sufficient will also join the urban dwellers in depending on retailers for their consumption needs. According to data […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The country’s potato producers will be able to supply much of the country’s demand as of 15 August, the Agronomic Board of Namibia said. It said the imports of potato produce without restriction will only be allowed until August 15. A notice indicating products that are closed and open borders for the specially […]

By:FransinaNghidengwa Namibia’s food security situation is significantly deteriorating as a result of highly unfavourable agricultural production during the 2022/2023 cropping season. As a result of this, the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform says 234,000 people faced hunger between April and August 2023. The second Crop and Household Food Security Monitoring Assessment (post-harvest) in […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus A number of 111,495 Namibians have submitted their interest to compete for the approximately 13,000 jobs available for the 2023 Population and Housing Census. As one of the most fierce contests for jobs which highlighted the country’s unemployment and underemployment situation. The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) revealed the figures this week in its […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus In the new wave of energy transition and fighting climate change, Africa has again come to the rescue of the world in providing the needed raw material. The needed raw materials are such as lithium, copper, nickel, manganese, and cobalt, with African countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Morocco, Madagascar, […]

By:Justicia Shipena Namibia is determined to bring the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate down to less than two percent by 2028, a health official said Monday. Ben Nangombe, the Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, made the pledge at the opening session of a joint Regional Validation Committee meeting in Windhoek, with […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Interim Chairperson of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) Council, Leake Hangala has called upon the board and management to make informed decisions without wasting time. The interim Nust Council was appointed by the Minister of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation(MHETI), Itah Kandjii-Murangi on 13 Juy 2023 and will serve […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Various institutions will congregate for the Standard BankBiomass Fair 2023 at at Gross Barmen Resort, near Okahandja,from the 7 to 9 September 2023. The three-day event, organised by the Namibia Biomass industry Group (N-BiG), the Charcoal Association of Namibia (CAoN) and the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), is tailored to nurture […]