Author: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus
N$5.3bInvested In Renewable Energy Generation
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus From 2014, local and foreign investors have poured in N$5,3 billion to generate electricity from alternative/renewable sources in the country, the Electricity Control Board’s (ECB) Chief Executive Officer, Robert Kahimise, said. The N$5,3 billion includes investment by the…
Radio Is The Preferred Medium For Receiving News
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus In a survey conducted last year, Vision Africa Research Services has highlighted that 40,7%people depend more on radios for their news and other information. The Internet was the second source at 23,6%, followed by TV. Newspapers are the…
SMEs To Get Option To Exchange Shares For Capital Soon
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus As part of the national Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Financing Strategy, the country will soon launch its own Venture Capital Fund, that will be exchanging capital for equity in high-growth SMEs. The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN)…
Nam Advised to Formulate Mining in Wildlife-Concentrated Areas
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The recent three-day National Conference on Human Wildlife Conflict Management has recommended that rural communities take ownership of conservancies and reduce control by non-members. This is included in the summary of the resolutions that were made during the…
Nam Sources Pork Meat From EU Markets
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Meat Board of Namibia said for the first three months of 2023, 68.5% of Namibia pork need was serviced by imports, inclusive of offal and processed products. Tthree-month assessment has revealed, showing the agri opportunities the…
Schlettwein Mulls Over Dream Of The Noordoewer/Vioolsdrift Dam
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus If all goes well, and feasibility studies find it viable, the //Kharas region will have a fourth dam to capture more of the transboundary-shared water as distributed by the lower part of the Orange River, near Noordoewer….
NamibiaExports 30,436 Heads Of Live Cattle To SA, Says Meatco Report …almost all of the live export are weaners
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Up to 30,635 heads of cattle left the country during the first three months of 2023 relative to 28,972 heads exported during the same period in 2022, according to the Livestock & Meat Industry Q1 Review released by…
Human-wildlife Conflict Puzzles Continue As Stakeholders Meet …as 245,000 beneficiaries depend on conservations (including wildlife)
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Namibia is facing a natural conundrum of maintaining and expanding its biodiversity as human-wildlife conflict continues, and compensations pile up on government doors. From crocodile and hippo attacks in the eastern regions, lions for those closer to Etosha,…
Nam Can Grow More Than 1.1 Million Fruit Trees To Reduce 90% Fruit Import …the country goes as far as Spain to get fruits
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Most fruits consumed in Namibia such as apples, pears and bananas are seldom produced in the country. Given this reality, over 90% of fruits consumed in Namibia are imported. This is according to a Baseline Study Regarding The…
Mathematics Is The Queen Of Science, Says Education Executive
By:Nghiinomenwa vali Erastus “The knowledge of numbers and their basic operation is essential to survive in today’s world,” said Edda Bohn, deputy Director in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture. Bohn was speaking at the recent Bank Windhoek’s Capricorn…