Author: Dwight Links
Light Commercial Vehicles Lead Strong July Vehicle Sales
By: Dwight Links For five months in a row, the vehicle sales sector has produced strong performance numbers in terms of new vehicle sales. A report by Simonis Storm investment firm outlines that the year has produced 9,380 units…
Cocoa’s Future in Africa and its Weak Enabling Environment
By: Dwight Links A recent webinar that explored the prospects and untapped potential of the cocoa value chain in Africa singled out enabling infrastructure as the single most common hurdle faced by the sector’s progress. The discussion was organised…
More than 300 Property Projects Approved for Windhoek & Swakopmund in July
By: Dwight Links The Windhoek and Swakopmund localities combined for 325 approved projects for July 2026, with a combined total project value of N$300.1 million. The data comes from the latest building statistics report from Simonis Storm. According to…
July Hospitality Stats Show Continued Strong Performance
By: Dwight Links According to hospitality industry research for the month of July, Simonis Storm highlights that the national room occupancy stood at 62.63%. The statistics show that occupancy and arrivals are still on a positive note for…
SDGs Face Slow Implementation – UN…only 36% are making moderate progress.
By: Dwight Links The United Nations’ Secretary-General’s report tells a story that has been haunting nations past the 2020 mark – the rate of Sustainable Development Goal implementation. In his July 2026 report to the Economic and…
Creative Industry Launches Mapping Exercise to Register Participants
By: Dwight Links The Creative Industry Institute Africa launched the mapping campaign of the flagship 2026/2027 Creative Industry Guide on Tuesday. Joel Haikali, co-founder of the institute and filmmaker, provided a presentation on the new format that was added…
Almost 4,000 Ebola Cases Recorded in Central Africa
By: Dwight Links The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says that the current status of the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is at 4,000 confirmed cases, with 1,800 deaths. Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General for Africa…
Alternative Views on Pumping Kavango River Water to the Central Regions
By: Dwight Links Two senior Namibian environmental experts, from the Research and Information Services of Namibia (RAISON) and the Namibia Chamber of Environment (NCE), have weighed in on pumping water from the Kavango River to the Central Regions…
NILALEG Program Enhanced with Monitoring System
By: Dwight Links The Namibia Integrated Landscape Approach for Enhancing Livelihoods and Environmental Governance to Eradicate Poverty (NILALEG) program received a monitoring and reporting system to monitor environmental agreements. The system is developed and managed by the…
Namibia Aims for Total Industrial Decarbonisation
By: Dwight Links A public consultation process on the Climate Investment Funding (CIF) Industrial Decarbonisation Program (IDP) began on Monday in Windhoek, hosted by the Namibia Green Hydrogen Program (NGH2P) and the National Planning Commission (NPC). The aim, according…