The Postal Sector experienced a noteworthy drop in the rental of letterboxes in the fourth quarter of 2022, with only 38% currently rented, representing a substantial decline of 29% from third quarter of 2022. Additionally, there is a decrease of 8% in the number of occupied private bags during theContinue Reading
Fesmedia Africa, the Regional media project of the FriedrichEbert-Stiftung in Namibia, together with its partners, will engage experts and stakeholders from the African continent and abroad in dialogue on information and communication rights and digital rights in Africa during a two-and-a-half day conference, to be held from 31 May toContinue Reading
London-listed technology metals mining company Andrada Mining has appointed Barclays Bank as a strategic financial adviser to advance its lithium portfolio. Andrada, which holds mining and exploration assets in Namibia, is in the process of expanding its existing tin operations to incorporate a lithium concentrate production stream. The company operatesContinue Reading
Livestock marketing and exports has made a comeback in activity in March 2023, improving by 38% y/y across cattle, sheep and goats, the latest Agriculture sector report by research firm, Simonis Storm reveals. In the prior month, marketing activity grew by 19% y/y. On a monthly basis, livestock marketing increasedContinue Reading
The banking sector in southern Africa will soon be rolling out changes to how clients make and receive payments between Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa also known as ‘the Common Monetary Area’. This change is necessary because of new regulations set by the treatment of cross-border payments, to whichContinue Reading
Namibia became the first of many countries to launch the Brands on a Mission Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Pan African campaign, led by Professor Myriam Sidibe and Dr Michel Sibide, who both arrived last week for a week’s engagement with key stakeholders to start a continuous platform forContinue Reading
Namibia Critical Metals president, Darrin Campbell has said since initiating a 16,000 meter drill program which brought the size of their Lofdal project resource from 6 million tonnes to over 53 million tonnes Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO), his team believes that they’ve cracked the geological code of the projectContinue Reading
Osino Resources has reported the best gold drill intercept in the company’s history at its Ondundu project in Namibia. Hole ONRC23-017 returned 109 metres grading 2.3 grams gold per tonne from 68 metres depth, including higher-grade intervals of 5 metres at 7.81 grams gold from 50 metres depth, and 3Continue Reading
QatarEnergy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Republic of Namibia to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector. The agreement was signed by Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, and TomContinue Reading
Vehicle sales in March 2023 recorded the highest number of units sold since July 2017, Simonis Storm has revealed in its monthly vehicle sales report. In July 2017, 1,280 units were sold, compared to 1,226 units in March 2023. Vehicle sales were primarily driven by the usual, with passenger andContinue Reading
