By Christopher Freygang Understanding the nuances of adjusting your life insurance cover and building and protecting your wealth can have a profound impact on securing your financial future. As the saying goes, you can’t truly know someone until you see things from their perspective or walk in their shoes. TheContinue Reading
The Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) management recently had a fruitful engagement with the Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and his team from the African Division at the 64th Series of Meetings of the Assemblies held in Geneva, Switzerland. This high-level meeting aimed to enhance existingContinue Reading
…as Bank advances over N$74 million in three months From loan disbursements of over N$74 million between April and June 2023, the Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) has said that loans advanced to females accounted for 18%, which is a decline when compared to 30% in the corresponding quarter inContinue Reading
The growth of Namibia’s tourism industry has been hampered by the lack of experienced managers following the departure of many managers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Simonis Storm has revealed. In a sector report, the research firm noted that many employees in this sector had to find alternative jobs, and theseContinue Reading
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Country Office in Namibia has announced the appointment of Qingyun Diao as the new FAO Representative in Namibia, effective from 24th June 2023. The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of Namibia, all Diplomatic and Consular Missions,Continue Reading
The success and growth of any nation is intricately tied to the well-being of its people. These were the words Bank Windhoek’s Managing Director, Baronice Hans, shared when she launched the twenty-third edition of the Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project on Wednesday, 19 July 2023, in Windhoek. “By embracing corporateContinue Reading
..as the country emerges as Africa’s newest oil and gas epicenter Considered one of the final frontier hydrocarbons markets in the world, Namibia has rapidly emerged as one of the hottest offshore plays following a series of high-impact discoveries. Three major oil discoveries made in less than one-year, attractive fiscalContinue Reading
In a world increasingly reliant on technology, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) who fail to digitise risk becoming sidelined. Recognising this hurdle, the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB), the Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) have formed a strategic partnership to launch theContinue Reading
In the realm of the oil and gas industry, Namibia has recently gained significant attention as a result of the offshore oil and gas discoveries by Total Energies and Shell in 2022. It has been reported by various publications that Namibia is on its way to becoming a major oilContinue Reading
Shell has racked up a fourth successive discovery offshore Namibia after hitting pay dirt with a just-completed exploration probe in the Orange basin. Fresh from this latest success, the supermajor has now started drilling a fifth exploration probe, targeting a major prospect some distance north of its quartet of discoveriesContinue Reading
