Author: Dwight Links
Central Banks Still Banking on Gold
By: Dwight Links About 74% of respondents to the latest Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey for 2026 noted that they expect to see moderate or significantly lower US dollar holdings within global reserves over the next five years….
Govt Meets Order-With-Me Entrepreneurs
By: Dwight Links Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare recently met with ‘order-with-me’ entrepreneurs to discuss the importance of self-reliance and how Namibia’s business landscape can expand. Khomas Region governor Sam Nujoma, Finance Minister Erica Shifudah, and Namibia Revenue Authority…
AI Adoption is Not At All What it Seems
By: Dwight Links Three developments on the uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and the proponents aiming to make it the epicentre of our lives were dealt major blows in the advertisement of what AI can be. Three court…
Gambling Conference Outlines Underlying Gambling Addiction
By: Dwight Links The first day of the Responsible Gambling conference explored the known and possible avenues for dealing with the societal threat that gambling addiction can have on the local households in the country. Organised by the Namibia…
Windhoek Launches its Smart City Strategy
By: Dwight Links On Monday, the City of Windhoek unveiled its 10-year ‘Smart City’ strategy, which city mayor Sakarias Uunona described as a “transformation of the city over the next decade.” Uunona said the strategy is an opportunity…
Southern Africa Exploring Leather Value Addition
By: Dwight Links The Southern African Regional Leather Network (SARLEN) recently held its inaugural region-wide digital seminar on leather production. At the seminar, the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) presented on topics on critical positioning elements…
The World Has No Choice But to Deal With Climate Change
By: Dwight Links UN member nations convened for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meetings in Bonn, Germany this week. Member nations are meeting to iron out necessary matters in preparation for the 31st Conference of…
Exploring Access to Information as a Human Right
By: Dwight Links A recent panel discussion hosted by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Windhoek brought together leading thinkers and government officials on access to information as a tool for social justice in the digital age. The foundation noted…
Namibia Ranks 4th in Continental Lifelong Learning
By: Dwight Links Namibia ranks the fourth-highest on the continent for having participation in formal, non-formal and informal education and training. This ranking was extrapolated from the World of Work report, where a Sustainable Development Goal indicator measures how…
Demystifying Advanced Subsidiary Levels
By: Dwight Links There is still a degree of misunderstanding and lack of knowledge from parents and guardians of thousands of young Namibians regarding various secondary education systems in the country. These are the sentiments of Eva-Panduleni Beukes,…