The City of Windhoek (CoW) has commenced plans to expand its waste disposal facility with Kupferberg waste disposal site which is used for the disposal of all general and hazardous waste generated within the City approaching the end of its cell life. Current space estimates indicate the remaining life ofContinue Reading
U.S. Ambassador Randy Berry has launched the third cohort of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Walvis Bay. The program was first established in Namibia in November 2020 and aims to provide women with the tools needed to create and grow their own businesses, raise capital, and effectivelyContinue Reading
The central bank, Bank of Namibia (BoN) has said that for Namibia to build resilience from external shocks, it will require specific interventions that are most appropriate to the Namibian economy with key responses involving interventions to respond to trade distortions through economic diversification; interventions to rebuild fiscal policy buffersContinue Reading
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has requested in excess of N$85 million which would be deployed towards the protection of Namibia’s living aquatic resources. Motivating the ministry’s budget on Parliament last week, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resource, Derek Klazen noted that this budget focuses on curbing andContinue Reading
Minister of Industrialisation and Trade, Lucia Iipumbu has said that since the 1997 SME National Policy extended through to the 2016 MSME National Policy, various support programmes have been availed by the Ministry to support the MSMEs both in the formal and informal sector. Responding to questions that had beenContinue Reading
Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy, Kornelia Shilunga has said that the ministry is in the process of developing an online mineral rights application system to improve transparency and deepen public trust. “The project is envisaged to be completed during the 2023/2024 financial year,” Shilunga said in Parliament last weekContinue Reading
The Bank of Namibia has declared a dividend of N$413.7 million to the State Revenue Fund, following a positive financial performance for the 2022 financial year which improved significantly compared to 2021. Favorable interest rates during 2022 and the increase in the Bank’s reserves balance contributed to the improvement inContinue Reading
With the rise of ride-hailing apps, illegal passenger transport operators have become a growing problem in Namibia. Many of these operators are unlicensed, unregulated, and they pose a serious risk to both passengers and the wider public. The problem of illegal passenger transport operators has been brought to the forefrontContinue Reading
Sidney Hanstein, Chairperson of Team Namibia, and Charmaine Matheus, Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) Head of Marketing, on behalf of the NTB recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which, in essence, will lead to greater co-operation and teamwork between the two entities. Hanstein expressed his excitement about the MoU andContinue Reading
Research firm, Simonis Storm has said that while the firm is aware of major housing expansion projects in various towns at the coast and the South of Namibia such as Luderitz and Oranjemund, these will take time to benefit local construction companies. In a report last week, the firm acknowledgedContinue Reading
