…as two week long business development mission ends Walvisbay Corridor Group (WBCG)’s two week business development mission to Brazil as part of ongoing efforts to promote Namibia as the preferred and shortest trade route into southern Africa has been concluded yielding optimism that Namibia will become a preferred trade routeContinue Reading
Savanna Beef Processors has announced the company successfully raised N$146 million from Namibian beef producers. A subscription rate of 73% on the offer. “This was a massive success given the initial targeted raising of N$100 million from producers,” the company said. Earlier in the year, the company led by theContinue Reading
The Capricorn Foundation has announced the launch of the Capricorn Foundation Food Waste Challenge, calling for solutions to reduce food waste in Namibia. The Food Waste Challenge is based on an open innovation platform, allowing anyone to participate in this Challenge, offering N$100 000 for the winning solution. “As aContinue Reading
Cabinet last week said that it has noted with dismay the unlawful conduct of eight persons who are casting invariably in “activists” moulds, creating platforms of structural distrust among various business groupings, notably local versus foreign business owners and fermenting a state of mayhem and disruption of public order. InContinue Reading
RESPONDING to government’s growth at home initiative, medical equipment manufacturer, Fuda Medical has embraced linen saver manufacturing which would significantly bring down Namibia’s costs for importing these medical products. Established in 2019, Fuda Medical, which specialises in the production and sales of linen savers (Under pads and medicines plastic bottles),Continue Reading
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
