By Ingo Louw In Namibia’s rapidly evolving socio-economic landscape, organisations across every sector face a shared challenge: how to expand their reach and impact while keeping daily operations running smoothly. Whether managing a commercial retail business, directing a non-profit initiative, steering a State-Owned Enterprise (SOE), or administering a government ministry,Continue Reading
Amid a global economic slowdown dampened by geopolitical conflict and rising energy prices, a unique and largely untold story of resilience is emerging from Namibia’s economic landscape. While the world’s financial institutions forecast a broad deceleration in 2026, the latest economic outlook paints a picture of a domestic economy diversifyingContinue Reading
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has concluded the Namibia-Germany Enterprise and Supplier Development Mission, a seven-day programme designed to connect Namibian businesses and training institutions with German technical, industrial and training partners. The mission brought together a 16-member delegation, including 13 representatives from Namibian businesses, industry bodies as well as technical andContinue Reading
Kaoko Metals said the initial program would comprise about 2000–3000m of diamond drilling focused on its highest-priority targets at Donkey Hill and Otniel. The program will test outcropping copper-silver mineralisation, assess continuity at depth and along strike, and build a clearer picture of the structural controls influencing mineralisation at Chalkos.Continue Reading
The Orange Basin petroleum province shared by Namibia and South Africa has become a test case for how African states balance the demands of oil companies and local groups, with billions of dollars in investment, jobs and tax revenues at stake. The province has made Namibia a global exploration hotspot,Continue Reading
For 45 years, a 10.3-kilometre stretch of ductile iron pipeline has quietly performed one of Namibia’s most critical economic functions, carrying life-sustaining water from the Omdel Aquifer to the industrial heartland of the Erongo Region. But as the pipeline aged and corrosion took its toll, it became something far moreContinue Reading
The Namibian government’s strategic intervention in the international fuel market has saved motorists from a catastrophic N$6 per litre price increase, with the emergency fuel supply arrangement with Vitol absorbing import premiums that would have otherwise devastated household budgets. While pump prices will rise by 200 cents per litre effectiveContinue Reading
Implementation of the long-delayed Kudu gas-to-power project is to be accelerated under renewed energy cooperation between South Africa and Namibia. The commitment was made at the fourth session of the South Africa-Namibia Bi-National Commission, co-chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in Pretoria on July 17. “TheContinue Reading
As preparations progress for the 4th Namibia Oil & Gas Conference (NOGC), scheduled to take place from 18–20 August 2026 in Windhoek, the conference delegation, accompanied by its strategic partners, paid a courtesy visit to Hon. Kornelia Shilunga the Special Advisor and Head of the Upstream Petroleum Unit in theContinue Reading
Vice President Lucia Witbooi has positioned strategic communication as a cornerstone of Namibia’s economic transformation agenda, declaring that the success of the country’s Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6) hinges on effective public engagement and trust-building. Officially opening the 2nd Effective Communicators Conference at The Dome in Swakopmund on Thursday, WitbooiContinue Reading
