Author: Hee-Dee Walenga
Women’s Football Shines at Annual Tse Yaa Kuku Easter Tournament
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The annual Tse Yaa Kuku Easter football tournament took place in the Eheke District from 3 to 6 April 2026. The sixth edition of the tournament featured boosted prize money, as well as women’s…
Hollard Grand Prix Series Kicks off With Moon Landscape Race
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The Hollard Grand Prix Series, a year-long cycling competition consisting of five races – two mountain, two gravel, and one road cycling race – officially kicked off with a 75km race through the scenic Moon…
NABAN Hosts Green Finance Pitch Event
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The Namibia Business Angel Network (NABAN) hosted its first quarterly pitch event of the year last week in Windhoek. The event was hosted under a special green finance theme, in collaboration with Bellatrix SME Finance, Bellatrix…
Harness AI for National Development – Experts
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The Economic Association of Namibia (EAN), in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation Namibia, hosted a public lecture under the theme: ‘Harnessing AI for National Development: Skills, Productivity, and the Future of Namibia’ on Wednesday…
Roger Surén: Carrying the Namibian Flag on a Bicycle
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Roger Surén is an 18-year-old Namibian road and mountain biker who recently made headlines by signing to one of the world’s premier cycling teams, Alpecin-Premier Tech, officially making him a professional cyclist. Surén follows…
CRAN Says No to Starlink for Compliance Shortfalls
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) officially rejected Starlink’s licence application to operate in Namibia. Starlink, owned by the world’s richest man – Elon Musk – has been registered under the Business and…
The Local Pig Butchery: Meeting Namibia’s Pork Demand from Ohangwena
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Tulipohamba Kaanduka, a farmer who hails from the Ohangwena Region is the founder of The Local Pig Butchery, a local business seeking to meet Namibia’s growing pork demands. Between January and November 2025, Namibia…
Basecamp Celebrates Women’s Month by Spotlighting Female Founders
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The Basecamp Business Incubator hosted its first Nexus Speed Pitch event of the year at the Vinyls Music Cafe in Windhoek last Thursday. The quarterly event allows founders of businesses still in the ideation phase…
FNB Namibia: An Example of Corporate Namibia Developing Namibian Sports
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Namibian sports, both developmental and ‘professional,’ for as long as they have existed, have always experienced a shortfall when it comes to funding. Other than recent developments from Cricket Namibia, Namibian sports have always…
Leaders Outline Key Investment Areas for Namibia’s Digitalisation
By: Hee–Dee Walenga Stakeholders from public and private sectors alike gathered at the Windhoek Country Club on Friday for the Namibia-Russia Business Forum, which was held in tandem with the 11th meeting of the Russian-Namibian Intergovernmental Commission on…