The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has announced that the new U.S. Embassy Windhoek, Namibia, was awarded the Best Project in the Government Building category by Engineering News Record (ENR)’s Global Best Projects competition. This esteemed recognition highlights the exceptional design and construction efforts behindContinue Reading
France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has kicked off drilling activities at an exploration well close to previously made light oil discovery in the prolific Orange Basin off the coast of Namibia with a semi-submersible rig owned by Northern Ocean and managed by Odfjell Drilling. The Deepsea Mira rig, which has beenContinue Reading
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa has invested US$50 million (about N$880 million) in a new bottling line in Namibia, capable of producing 27,000 bottles per hour. This upgrade will increase the plant’s output capacity by 30% and stimulate growth throughout the company’s value chain. The investment also includes the installation of aContinue Reading
MTC employees, in partnership with MVA Fund and Namib Mills, made a generous donation of over 250 sleeping mattresses and essential food supplies to Cocoma Primary School in the Kavango East Region, Ndiyona circuit. The donation is a significant contribution extended as part of MTC Care, an employee-led initiative aimedContinue Reading
Galp Energia, which has spudded the Mopane 1-A well as part of the second exploration and appraisal campaign in PEL 83 in Namibia’s Orange basin has slashed well costs to around US$75 million (about N$1.3 billion) per well, Business Express understands. This was revealed by CEO Filipe Silva who toldContinue Reading
Paladin Energy has identified several solutions to help overcome short-term operational challenges as it continues ramping up the Langer Heinrich uranium mine (LHM) in Namibia. The LHM re-commenced commercial production on 30 March 2024 following the successful completion of the restart project and is undergoing an operational ramp-up during FY2025,Continue Reading
Connected Minerals has become the latest Australian explorer to hit Namibia, with the company in this case on the hunt for uranium. The company is chasing up unverified historic data suggesting uranium could be present with that conclusion supported by scintillometer readings. That’s a radiation-based tool used by geophysicists. Notably,Continue Reading
Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein, has distinguished four key entry points for positioning domestic agricultural producers to better leverage value chains in the sector and realise increasing value shares. Schlettwein, who was speaking last week at the Keetmanshoop Agricultural & Industrial and Tourism Expo in theContinue Reading
88 Energy has wrapped up a successful 2D seismic program across its petroleum exploration licence 93 (PEL93) in Namibia’s Owambo Basin with initial analysis picking up significant subsurface structures. Although the 203km of 2D seismic lines still need to be fully interpreted in-house, the company said it was happy withContinue Reading
By Imelda Ndinelao Evaristus The Namibia’s Customer Experience and Service Delivery Conference Seminar successfully concluded in Windhoek. The conference brought together industry professionals across sectors to discuss and shape the future of customer service in Namibia. The Conference Seminar aimed to cultivate a deeper understanding of effective customer care practices,Continue Reading
