Standard bank CEO Mercia Geises, executive officer of FNB Commercial Banking, Sepo Haihambo and Namibia’s youngest Member of Parliament, Patience Masua have been nominated for the prestigious Strategic African Women In Leadership (SAWIL) Trailblazer award. The inaugural SAWIL Trailblazer winner in 2020 was the formidable Mizinga Melu – Absa GroupContinue Reading
Ilke Platt, Founder of Poiyah Media has been shortlisted and selected as an Honouree for the 12th edition of the African Achievers Awards (AAA) under the “Emerging Public Relations Practitioner” Award Category. The theme for this year’s ceremony & summit; “Sustainable Development in Africa: through innovation, preservation and green energy”Continue Reading
… We want to up-skill Namibians to kick-start the hydrogen economy in Walvis Bay Cleanergy Solutions Namibia – a joint venture between the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group and its international Belgium-based partner, CMB.TECH – has been awarded the JCOI / PTX grant which supports the company to set upContinue Reading
Aim-listed AfriTin’s performance for the financial year ended February 28 was one of strong operational delivery, which has resulted in the company considerably increasing production from the Uis mine, in Namibia, and generating its first group-wide profit, CEO Anthony Viljoen says. “Our production at Uis has exceeded nameplate capacity byContinue Reading
Old Mutual Short-Term Insurance Company (Namibia) Limited (OMSIC), has entered into a settlement agreement with the Namibian Competition Commission (Commission) effective 10 August 2022, to resolve litigation in respect of two High Court claims instituted by the Commission against OMSIC. OMSIC has followed all legal procedures as set out inContinue Reading
Old Mutual has appointed Mignon du Preez as the Marketing, Public Affairs and Sustainability Executive as of 1 September 2022. In her new role Mignon will lead and manage all marketing activities, public relations, and sustainability initiatives as a member of the Old Mutual Namibia Executive team. Mignon is aContinue Reading
… as Josephat Mwatotele is appointed Chairperson The Minister of Finance, Ipumbu Shiimi has appointed the new Board of Directors of the Agricultural Bank of Namibia. The appointments were undertaken in accordance with the Public Enterprises Governance Act, 2019. The appointments are Josephat Mwatotele as Chairperson, Peyavali Hangula as Vice-ChairpersonContinue Reading
The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) and the Namibian Standards Institution have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to transform the agricultural sector and promote food and nutrition security in Namibia through the implementation of regulated standards aimed at governing the production and distribution of selected food items to the nation.Continue Reading
…as 300 boreholes in the Nama area potentially need rehabilitation in the next 10 years At the beginning of this month, the German Embassy together with the local NGO Maltahöhe CommonWaters Organisation signed a grant agreement to finance the rehabilitation of existing boreholes in the area of Maltahöhe in theContinue Reading
Approximately 105 vendors and exhibitors will participate in the first Windhoek Market, the City of Windhoek has said. This includes 23 food vendors; 11 arts and crafts exhibitors; eight confectionary traders; eight non-alcoholic sellers; five fresh, farm product vendors; five second-hand item traders; and 42 so-called mix-variety traders (trading inContinue Reading
