THIS month saw the start of a N$110 million spatial biodiversity assessment, prioritisation and planning (SBAPP) project, which is expected to improve environmental planning and monitor the status of indigenous species and ecosystems in four Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, namely Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi. The SouthContinue Reading
PRICES for oils and fats augmented by 23.4 percent in April 2022 compared to 7.5 percent recorded during the same time a year earlier driven by the increase in the price levels of Cooking oil that escalated from 13.9% to 35.3%, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has said. Equally, pricesContinue Reading
BANK of Namibia governor, Johannes Gawaxab has said that the central bank undertakes to execute its statutory mandate and is strongly committed to managing the Welwitschia Fund in line with the Bank of Namibia Act (1) of 2020 section 4 which expands on the holding and managing of the foreignContinue Reading
THIRTEEN Community Conservancies (CCs) in the Kavango-Zambezi (KaZa) landscape in northeast Namibia are currently benefiting from various interventions stemming from the Sustainable Wildlife Management Community Conservancy Project (SWM-CC) under the SWM Programme launched last year. The SWM Programme, in collaboration with the Government of Namibia, through the Ministry of Environment,Continue Reading
LAST Friday, Bank Windhoek publicly launched its 40th birthday celebrations. Since April 1982, as a wholly owned Namibian financial services provider, the Bank has catered to the needs of Namibia and its people. Bank Windhoek’s purpose over the past 40 years has been to impact the lives of Namibians andContinue Reading
NEDBANK Namibia is committed to the financing of projects that bring economic development to the country, and roads are an important catalyst for the economic development of Namibia. This was revealed last when Nedbank Namibia advanced a loan of N$350 million to the Road Fund Administration (RFA) to finance theContinue Reading
NAMIBIA Breweries Limited’s (NBL) – a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group – overall volumes increased by 9.2%, predominantly due to production volumes sent to South Africa, however, the Namibian beer volumes declined by 7.3% due to COVID-19 waves, which created a restricted trading environment during the periodContinue Reading
