By: Robyn Nakaambo Does the idea of public speaking seem daunting to you? Well, in a world of eight billion people you can rest assured that it is more common than you can fathom. To those who want to overcome this hurdle, focus on how to train your mind to perceive the hurdle as a […]
By:Fransina Nghidengwa The 2024 Conference of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (SAARMSTE) will be hosted at the International University of Management (IUM) in Windhoek. The SAARMSTE 2024 conference will be face-to-face event, hosted by IUM in collaboration with Namibia University of Science and Technology, University pf Namibia, the […]
By:Fransina Nghidengwa Women and youth face various challenges in trading across borders and are confronted by many barriers to trade. This is according to Industrialisation andTrade Minister Lucia Ipumbu who was officiating the Southern Africa Youth Consultative Workshop on the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade in […]
By:Staff writer Meatco increased its revenue by 15% (from N$752 million to N$865 million) and a gross profit by 950% (from -N$ 2.8 million to $ 24 million), the country’s meat sector regulator has announced. This is according to the company’s latest annual report, in which it stated that the positive turn is despite the […]
By:Justicia Shipena Namibia is making changes to its Meat Industry Act to include dairy and poultry, aiming to strengthen the country’s food production and reduce reliance on imports. On Wednesday, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein presented the Livestock and Livestock Products Amendment Bill to the National Assembly, contending that by including […]
By:Justicia Shipena Trade of fish products showed surpluses in the first quarter of 2023, increasing from N$2.9 billion in the first quarter of 2022 to N$3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA). As the agency reviewed the agriculture and fishery sectors’ performances during Q1 2023, Statistician General […]
By:Justicia Shipena Namibia’s Environment Investment Fund (EIF) will collaborate with two Dutch entities in the establishment of the sovereign wealth fund SDG Namibia One. The two entities are Invest International and the Climate Fund Managers. Invest International is providing grant funds in the amount of N$850 million, or 100% of the initial commitment of €40 […]
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus It has been found that Close Corporations (CCs) are most vulnerable to be used for money laundering and for terrorist financing in Namibia. This is according to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Report titled Terrorist Financing Risks In The Non-Profit Organization Sector, which was released in May this year. The 2023 National Risk […]
NJ Ayuk The world is watching Namibia. To be more specific, the energy world is watching. Ever since oil and gas majors Shell (United Kingdom) and TotalEnergies (France) announced massive hydrocarbon discoveries in Namibia’s offshore Orange Basin in 2022, interest in additional exploration in the Southern African country has been intense. And so has […]
By Staff Writer : The Honorary Consul of Namibia to Uganda, Ambassador Godfrey Kirumira, has urged that country’s local investors to expand their investments to Namibia after the creation of an enabling economic environment. Ambassador Kirumira made the remarks while meeting the local business community during a thanksgiving ceremony for his new appointment as an […]