Telecom Namibia has commissioned the new Fiber-to-Office at OMDis’ offices, in Oranjemund. OMDis experienced download speeds of 115.85 Mbps (which is 97% of the promise of 120 Mbps) and upload speeds of 37.95 Mbps (which is 95% of the promise of 40 Mbps). These quality-of-service ratios allows for an exceptionalContinue Reading
By John Steytler Recently my son Roelf, commented on the fact that the global population passed the 8 billion mark on November 15, 2022. Only 14 years ago, when he was born, there were only 6.8 billion people, that’s a huge increase. As an economist and as the former Statistician-General,Continue Reading
The Namibian Ports Authority continues to achieve operational milestones as it is set to handle the exportation of 110,900 tonnes of salt consignment over the next eight days at its Walvis Bay Port. The Bold Mariner, which loaded 45,000 tonnes of bulk salt was the first of four vessels thatContinue Reading
The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia – NAMCOR has unveiled its 13th service station the NAMCOR Opuwo Retail Site, the first site under its retail portfolio in the Kunene Region. The site will serve the community of Opuwo and the Kunene Region at large as well as neighbouring regions withContinue Reading
A definitive feasibility study (DFS) into the Etango 8 uranium project, in Namibia, has confirmed the project’s economic viability with at least $320-million (about N$5.4 billion) in pre-production funding needed to achieve the outcomes considered in the DFS, ASX-listed Bannerman Energy said. While the company was confident that it wouldContinue Reading
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN)is preparing to issue spectrum for 5G in March 2023, which will be accompanied by a consumer awareness campaign to address myths and misconceptions and misinformation around 5G, Emilia Nghikembua, Chief Executive Officer of CRAN has said. Nghikembua said this last week on theContinue Reading
The Macroprudential Oversight Committee (MOC) of the Bank of Namibia (BoN) has concluded that despite the prevailing risks and vulnerabilities, the financial system remains sound, thus requires no macroprudential policy interventions at this stage. At its second meeting of the year on the 8th of December 2022 to assess vulnerabilitiesContinue Reading
During the month of October 2022, Namibia exported wood charcoal valued at N$107.3 million of which mostly was destined to South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium, a trade bulletin released by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) reveals. Over the entire period (October 2021 to October 2022), the export value ofContinue Reading
By Romanus Gustav The COVID-19 pandemic introduced restrictions in movement, while there was still a need to pay for services and products, which significantly increased the use of digital payments solutions. The public started understanding and appreciating digital payment solutions. Since the pandemic, there are more people using digital platformsContinue Reading
Namibia presidential economic adviser James Mnyupe has stressed the potential for the green hydrogen projects in South Africa and southern Namibia to complement each other in unlocking a large-scale green hydrogen industry by developing cross-border pipeline and electricity infrastructure. Speaking at the South Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape TownContinue Reading
