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Africa Gears Up To Keep More Of The Profits From Lithium Boom
By: Staff writer Mines minister Tom Alweendo says that Namibia is going to insist on local processing with regard to its lithium. Alweendo said this while attending the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town. A number of companies in Namibia, including Xinfeng Investment and Askari Metals, have stakes in the resource as lithium-rich […]
The Importance Of Weed Control
By:Hanks Saisai As the current rainy season progresses, good rainfall has been recorded in almost all parts of the country. As a result, crop farmers are witnessing a productive crop production season with noteworthy growth of maize, sorghum, and pearl millet (mahangu). However, amidst the pleasant growth, a crucial aspect of production to undertake is […]
Namibia Chamber of Mines Optimistic About Industry’s 2023 Prospects
By:Staff writer Namibia is showcasing investment opportunities at the 2023 Invest in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa. The 4-day event, which ends tomorrow, is the world’s largest mining investment conference, dedicated to the capitalisation and development of mining in Africa The mining indaba is taking place at a time when Namibia’s mining […]
Trade Cannot BeAnchor For Food Security-Schlettwein…domestic production needs to be intensified
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Various adverse developments, globally and on the continent, within food production such as record high prices for food, fertilisers, and energy, as well as supply chain channel disruption, have worsened food security. Domestically, the recurring episodes of floods and droughts have regularly disrupted food production given the reliance on rain-fed production. Thus, the […]
Askari Rock Samples FromUis Project Boost Lithium, Tin Hopes
By:Staff writer Askari Metals on Monday confirmed high lithium and tin mineralisation in rock samples from a promising tenement the company recently acquired in Namibia. Headline results from the samples, analysed as part of due diligence for the acquisition, include 3.3% lithium oxide, 3.2% tin, 4280 parts per million tantalum and 7980ppm rubidium. The samples […]
Covid-19 Volunteers Petition Health Ministry
By:Justicia Shipena A group of Covid-19 volunteers are demanding that the health ministry offer them permanent employment. This is after the health ministry decided to terminate the contracts of all 1 444 Covid-19 volunteers across the country in October last year. On Tuesday the group marched to the health ministry’s building shouting, “When they recruited […]
I Have Never Seen Children Being Taught Under Trees – Geingob
By:Justicia Shipena President Hage Geingob says in his years of travelling through Namibia, he has not seen children being taught under trees and that this is now a prominent issue. Geingob uttered these remarks at the opening of cabinet for the year 2023 on Tuesday in Windhoek. According to him, the issue of education must […]
Banks’ Frugality Depends On Economic Outlook
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The commercial banks have loaned out N$1,6 billion to resident businesses and N$2,9 billion to households by the end of 2022 compared to December 2021. According to the December 2022 monetary and financial statistics released by the Bank of Namibia end of January 2023. This is amid risk aversion in commercial lending from […]
SMEs Between Devil And Deep Sea
By:Josef Kefas Sheehama Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the engine of worldwide economies and the main source of job creation. The contribution of the SME sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is between 12% to 20% and the share of the labour force employed full-time in this sector is about 20%, a rough […]
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy Signs Two Ammonia Offtake MoUs
By:Staff writer Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has signed non-binding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with two major industrial companies for the supply of up to 750 000 t/y of green ammonia. The company announced early this month. The agreements are with a major chemical company and Approtium, a South Korean hydrogen producer, and entail offtake of up […]