Author: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus
1,200 Learners In Informal Settlements Get Solar Lamps
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Capricorn Foundation has donated 1,200 portable solar lamps to 10 schools in informal settlements in various regions of the country. With the country’s electrification still below 50% and worse in rural areas, having access to electricity…
City Working On Proposal To Write Off Pensioner Debt And Interest …the Local Authority Act is the barrier
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus and Lavinia Shawapala The City of Windhoek is currently working on a proposal to write off debts of pensioners and interest for all residents. The City is, however, busy with audits in line with its approval processes, which…
CoW Considers A Mini-Grid For Mix Settlement
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The City of Windhoek has announced that it is working with the Berlin Energy Agency (BEA) on a feasibility study to develop a solar photovoltaic (PV) mini-grid for the Mix Informal SettlementArea (MISA). The MISA is located about…
IDs Usage Between Nam And Bots Picking Up
By:Nghiinomenw-vali Erastus Around 6,500 people who travelled from Namibia to Botswana used their national identity cards (IDs) to cross over, and around the same number of people who crossed over from Botswana also used it as the new cross-border document….
Higher Education Institutions, TVET Not Ready For Renewable Energy Sector
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The country’s higher learning institutions and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centres are not adequately ready to fill the skill requirements for the green hydrogen industry and renewable power sector. This is according to…
Second Intake For Green Hydrogen Scholarship Programme Open
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The government, in collaboration with various German institutions, have opened the second call for the green hydrogen and renewable energy scholarship programme for 2024. The second call for Master’s degree and technical and vocational education and training…
NEF Spends N$3.4 Billion In Fuel Subsidies In Eight Years
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The National Energy Fund (NEF) has spent more than N$3.4 billion on stabilising fuel prices in the country between 2015 and 2022, while it collected around N$3.1 billion through fuel equalisation levy. This money is a payment…
All Click Sounds In Names To Be Unicoded
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Securitylast week indicated that it will work with the University of Namibia to identify all the undocumented clicks and special characters in languages used in the country. After identification, the…
Basecamp Namibia Welcomes FNB Partnership …to transform ideas and concepts into businesses
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus In an era of risk aversion, entrepreneurship development and incubation is critical, says Basecamp Namibia Director Jesay Hano-oshike. The Villager interviewed Hano-oshike on the partnership between First National Bank Namibia (FNB) and Basecamp which aims to continue entrepreneurship…
Mining Exports Generate N$26,6 Billion In Five Months …diversification remains an elusive dream
By:Nghhinomenwa-vali Erastus The extractive sector still dominates the country’s economic outlook. Mining has been dominating past and current trade statistics, as the country’s export basket refuses to change despite political intentions. For the past five months, Namibia’s top export commodities…