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Food Waste Challenge Winner Announced
By:Staff writer Ndasilohenda Katangolo-Nakashwa of Ndinandali farm in Opuwo has emerged as the 2023 Capricorn Foundation Food Waste Challenge overall winner. Capricorn Foundation launched the Foundation Food Waste Challenge in April this year, to address the issue of food waste in Namibia and create employment for Namibians. As a result, Katangolo-Nakashwa walked away with a […]
Türkiye Seeks Closer Ties With Namibia
By:Dwight Links Turkish ambassador to Namibia, Feral CekerekOruckaptan says Türkiye aims to strengthen the ties between Windhoek and Ankara through trade. “We can contribute to the development of economic and commercial relations between the two countries,” Oruckaptan said. He indicated that Namibia’s open-door strategy for business is the secondary motive to pursue trade between Windhoek […]
TVET Survey Underway
Dwight Links The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) is currently conducting a Technical and Vocational Educational Training survey for the cohort of vocational and training graduates who were released into the labour market between 2018 and 2020. The period under review is similar to the first measured period of 2015 to 2017 where 2,668 graduates were […]
Economists Foresee Modest Consumption Spending In Future
By:Justicia Shipena Future consumption spending is expected to be modest, according to economists at Simonis Storm Securities (SSS). Real consumption spending fell by 4.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2023, according to the financial research firm’s report on inflation released in June 2023. The fall was brought on by rising interest rates, […]
Namibia Is Ready For Business – Vice-President Mbumba
Justicia Shipena Investors attending the US-Africa Business Summit in Gaborone, Botswana, received assurances from Vice President Nangolo Mbumba that Namibia is prepared for business. Mbumba, who is leading a high-level delegation to the summit, invited potential investors to the country to learn more about the possibilities for trade and investment in Namibia. “On this fitting […]
Nam Imported N$4,4 Billion Worth Of Goods Within Africa In May
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Namibiaimported goods worth N$4,4 billion from Africa during May 2023, out of the total N$12.1 billion the country had spent on imports. This is according to the May 2023 trade statistics issued by the Namibia Statistics Agency. Since most of Namibia’s trade is concentrated within SACU with South Africa accounting for 33.6%, the […]
Non-Banking Financial Institutions’ Assets Increase To N$381.8 Billion
By:Justicia Shipena Assets held by non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) increased by 4.3% to N$381.8 billion during the first quarter of 2023. An NBFI is a financial institution, such as an insurer, that does not have a full banking licence and cannot accept deposits from the public. According to the Bank of Namibia’s governor Johannes !Gawaxab, […]
Youth Need a Voice to Tackle Climate Change
By:Mathias Hangala Environmental Commissioner Timoteus Mufeti says there is a need for youth to partake in decisions and plans which will affect them in the future. The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism’s environmental commissoner was speaking on Tuesday on the sidelines of the National Youth Council’s (NYC) three-day National Youth Climate Summit. It was […]
Middle To Low-Income Earners Struggling To Access Affordable Housing
By:Fransina Nghidengwa Urban and Rural Development Minister Erastus Uutoni says that he is aware of the cost of houses falling out of reach for many people and that those in the middle to low income categories are struggling to access affordable housing. At the handover of 33 houses built by the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) […]
Basic Income Grant A Solution To Omaheke’s Malnutrition Conundrum, says Unam Lecturer
By:Fransina Nghidengwa University of Namibia lecturer, Basilius Kasera, says a report of 45 children in the Omaheke region having died of malnutrition only demonstrates the depth of the socio-economic inequality in the country. During his state of the region address recently, Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate raised concerns after 45 children under five years died in […]