Scot Evans, CEO of Canadian oil and gas exploration company, ReconAfrica, will attend African Energy Week, Africa’s premier event for the oil and gas sector which takes place from 18 – 21 October 2022 in Cape Town, to share energy market insights as well an update on on-going exploration initiativesContinue Reading
Through its Domestic Investment Portfolio, Old Mutual’s Alternative Investment function has committed itself to address the critical development challenges faced throughout the country. Domestic investments can ensure that Namibian savings are effectively utilised to stimulate development by making a meaningful contribution to the economy, and the developmental needs of communitiesContinue Reading
President Hage Geingob has condemned overfishing, particularly Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing, commonly known as IUU as major causes of loss of biodiversity. Speaking on the occasion of the world oceans day celebration, Geingob highlighted that Namibia must endeavour to close down on all possible avenues for illegal fishing inContinue Reading
The Namibian market share in live cattle exports to South Africa is in free fall as Botswana cattle continue to provide price competition to Namibia, the Meat Board of Namibia has said. Due to relatively cheaper weaner imports from Botswana, South African feedlots have shifted some of their business toContinue Reading
…bought a defunct mine for N$390m, sold it two years later for N$3b Osino Resources CEO Heye Daun last week told the 2022 Junior Indaba that together with Canadian colleagues they acquired a discarded project in Namibia from the now defunct, once South Africa-based AngloVaal mining major and scored bigContinue Reading
Following the appointment of an eight (8) member Namibia Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Task Force by the President Hage Geingob, on 01 July 2021 for a twelve month period, the 4IR Task Force and other stakeholders will host the first Namibia 4th Industrial Revolution Conference and Expo on 7-8 JuneContinue Reading
Finance Minister, Iipumbu Shiimi has said uranium miners are waiting for prices to recover before reviving projects in the ore, which is needed for nuclear power in a world shifting away from fossil fuels. Namibia is investing in water facilities and is planning a second desalination plant to supply minesContinue Reading
The preferred bidder for a gigawatt-scale green hydrogen-to-ammonia project near the coastal town of Lüderitz, in Namibia, is aiming to conclude an implementation agreement with government by August, opening the way for a full-scale feasibility study to enable the implementation of the US$10-billion project. Following a competitive bidding process, theContinue Reading
AN engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor has been appointed to design and construct a lithium pilot processing plant at the Uis mine in Namibia, technology metals mining company AfriTin has said. This follows metallurgical test work results of the London Aim-listed mining and exploration company showing the successfulContinue Reading
ALLEGATIONS of uncompetitive practice in the property valuation industry by commercial banks has arisen, with Namibia’s competition watchdog, the Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) acknowledging that such concerns have been brought to their attention. A complaint recently written to the Commission by property valuer, Mekondjo Alfeus highlights that commercial banks couldContinue Reading
