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Daures GH2 Project Plans To Tap Into Desalination Water
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Daures Green Village in Erongo region, which was launched last year, will consider the use of desalinated water as it expands from the pilot phase. The Consortium that manages the Daures Green Hydrogen project, led by Enersense Energy Namibia, highlighted this in a statement released this week. The project, which is under […]
Mining Industry Database To Be Launched Next Month
By:Justicia Shipena Aimed at providing opportunities for Namibian entrepreneurs, a database on mining inputs and services will be introduced next month. This is to further promote local content in the sector. Beyond the resource earnings, local content is defined as the value that an extraction project adds to the local, regional or national economy. During […]
Crypto Assets Pseudonymity A Tax Headache
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The bewildering speed in the development of crypto assets and their pseudonymity (near-anonymous state) has left tax systems playing catch up, including Namibia’s. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), crypto assets that can be used as instruments of payment have proliferated into more than 10,000 variants since the 2009 debut of Bitcoin, […]
Otjozondjupa’s Economic Strength lies in Mining Agriculture and Tourism, Says Governor
By: Fransina Nghidengwa The economic strength of the Otjozondjupa region is driven by the mining, agriculture, and tourism sectors. This was stated by the governor James Uerikua last week, during his State of Region. Uerikua says that the region positions itself as a major contributor to the local economy; noting that the six mines in […]
Namibian Youth Call For Climate Action For A Sustainable Future
By:Justicia Shipena Namibian youth, driven by a desire for sustainability, advocated for renewable-powered baroles at the National Youth Climate Change Summit, to usher in a new era of energy consumption. Their demand for renewable-powered baroles demonstrates a deep knowledge of the critical need to shift away from fossil fuels and towards cleaner, more sustainable options. […]
Tourism Bolsters Car Sales
By:Staff writer Improvements in the tourism sector have helped the vehicle sales sector see its best performing second quarter of 2023 since the second quarter of 2017. This is after the vehicle sector saw a downward trajectory in previous months. Last month was the first monthly increase in sales this year. Previously, it was reported […]
ReconAfrica Exploration Campaign Set To Start Later This Year
By:Justicia Shipena ReconAfrica, a Canadian oil and gas firm, will begin drilling for additional wells later this year. This follows after the Office of the Environmental Commissioner in the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism granted ReconAfrica an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) for a further 12 exploration and appraisal wells. “The drilling campaign will commence […]
32% of Women Experienced Physical Violence From Intimate Partners
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed 32% of Namibian women, between the ages of 15 and 49, reported experiencing physical violence from an intimate partner at some point in their lives. This was said by the UNFPA country representative Gift Malunga at the commemoration of World Population Day and launch of […]
Agriculture Insurance a Potential Game Changer to the Agriculture Sector
By:John Alugodhi The Namibian Agriculture Sector highly relies on rainfed and supports over 70% of the population who directly depend on it (Livestock and Crops) for their daily livelihood. However, the sector faces challenges of ever-changing climate patterns in the forms of extreme temperatures, frequent droughts, and floods, hence the need to adopt a risk […]
Rössing Uranium Donates N$ 50,000 To Namibia’s Small-Scale Miners
By:Hertha Ekandjo Rössing Uranium this week donated N$50,000 to small-scale miners working under the Emerging Mining Association of Namibia (EMAN), to attend an international mining conference slated for 22-23 November 2023 in Luanda, Angola. The 2nd edition of the Angola Mining Conference & Exhibition (AMC 2023) aims to bring together mining […]