The ministry of mines and energy has announced the appointment of a new Board for Electricity Control Board of Namibia (ECB). The Board will be chaired by Evangeline Nailenge who will be deputised by Prof. Tjama Tjivikua. Board members include Mburumba Appolus, Vincia Cloete and Helen Vosloo. This appointment isContinue Reading
Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has unveiled the list of potential candidates for the 2023 Population and Housing Census enumerator positions. In a statement, NSA said that it is essential to emphasize that appearing on this list does not mean final employment. All candidates who feature on the list will beContinue Reading
Shell’s Cullinan-1X exploration well offshore Namibia did not make a commercial oil and gas discovery, the company said on Thursday. Namibia, which has yet to produce any oil and gas, has attracted strong interest from international companies after Shell and TotalEnergies recently made discoveries off the coast of the southernContinue Reading
A dividend of N$224.5 million (44.89 cents per ordinary share) was paid to the Ordinary Shareholders of Letshego Holdings (Namibia) Limited during the June 2023 period, the Board of Directors of Letshego Holdings (Namibia) Limited has announced in its financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2023. ThisContinue Reading
Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) president, Bisey Uirab has said that although an often-difficult task and one that requires reversing certain long entrenched economic and social practices, NCCI calls on all Namibian businesses to embrace value addition. In a statement at the at the UNDP private sector engagementContinue Reading
With most of Namibia’s fish exports going to Europe and SADC member states, the export bill of fish has increased for the 9th consecutive month, seeing a 60.2% y/y increase in May 2023. According to a report released by Simonis Storm, the export bill rose from N$697 million in MayContinue Reading
…as South Africa cools its demand for Namibian weaners Namibian weaner prices struggled to recover during the second quarter of 2023 and averaged N$24.97/kg by the end of the period. According to the Meat Board of Namibia, this is a decline of 31.7 percent compared to the 2022 level ofContinue Reading
The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) has resolved to initiate an investigation against Windhoek Show Society (WSS) and Just Fun Amusements CC (Just Fun Amusements) for alleged anti-competitive conduct. In a statement, the Commission noted that it received a complaint on the 10th of October 2022 from Pioluc Investment CC (theContinue Reading
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Board of Directors this week signed Performance and Governance Agreements with Dr. Peya Mushelenga, Minister of Information and Communication Technology (MICT). The Minister of ICT appointed the CRAN Board Members effective from 01 May 2023 for a period of three (3) years inContinue Reading
President Hage Geingob has said that the Namibian Government has taken note of the public calls for a greater participation in the ownership of newly discovered green hydrogen and oil ventures and work is underway to amend Namibian laws to allow for a certain percentage of mandatory government ownership inContinue Reading
