In collaboration with the Capricorn Foundation, Bank Windhoek will host a Grade 4 Mathematics Teachers Initiative in Windhoek from Tuesday, 25 April, until Wednesday, 26 April 2023. Supported by the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, the workshop aims to invest in the education of Namibian youth. Bank Windhoek’s HeadContinue Reading
The Namibia University of Science and Technology’s (NUST) Management met with the Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU) last week Thursday, 20 April 2023, to discuss issues raised in a letter written by NAPWU about a month ago. This meeting served as a first of a series of planned meetings thatContinue 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
As part of aviation safety initiatives and in compliance with the targets set out in the National Aviation Safety Plan 2023-2025, the Namibia Civil Aviation Authority will be hosting the third Aviation Safety Workshop on the 29th of April 2023 under the theme “Share Knowledge – Improve Safety”. The workshopContinue Reading
The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has announced its participation in the Bank of Namibia (BoN) SME Economic Recovery Loans scheme. Participation brings the number of schemes on offer by DBN to two. The other scheme offered by the Bank is the KfW Bankengruppe (KfW) scheme. Highlighting the differences betweenContinue Reading
Tourist inflows still look promising and set for further growth in 2023. The number of foreign arrivals averaged 11,431 per month during the first two months of 2023, compared to a monthly average of 5,223 in the first two months of 2022, a report by research firm, Simonis Storm reveals.Continue 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
Africa is home to some of the largest mineral deposits on Earth, but the vast majority are exported for refining and manufacturing into goods. Local voices advocate for greater beneficiation of minerals within the continent, but many obstacles prevent this reality. Africa is home to some 30% of the world’sContinue Reading
Government’s Horse Mackerel auction has raised a total of N$52.3 million from the sale of 28,500 MT, inclusive of N$11,000 raised from application fees. This was as a result of the auctioning of the Governmental Objective Fishing Quota of 30,540 MT Horse Mackerel, bids held on 31 March 2023. “TheContinue Reading
President Hage Geingob who is currently on a working visit in South Africa has revealed that after Official Talks, Namibia and South Africa will witness the signing of memorandum on Tourism, an area key to economic development aspirations. “We should, therefore, direct our Ministers and their Senior Officials to ensureContinue Reading
