Author: Hertha Ekandjo
11 Years To Construct 2.4 Km Stretches Of Road In Omuthiya at the cost of N$8 million
By: Hertha Ekandjo It took the Omuthiya Town Council 11 years to construct two tarred roads of a total distance of 2.4 kilometres, at the total cost of approximately N$8 million. This was stated by the town’s mayor Johannes Ndeutapo…
Gender Parity Rate Needs To Improve In Area Of Economic Activities – Geingos
By: Hertha Ekandjo First Lady Monica Geingos has recently raised concerns regarding gender parity in Namibia in the areas of economic activities, especially in the private sector. “Private sector often says that government doesn’t do well in XYZ. If there…
Africa Faces $30 Billion Water And Sanitation Target Challenges – Schlettwein
By: Josefina Lukas, Hertha Ekandjo Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein is concerned about the challenges that are hindering Africa from achieving the sustainable development goal (SDG) 6 target on water security and sanitation. It is estimated…
Namibia Sees Over 1% Domestic Economy Improvement In 2022
By:Hertha Ekandjo Namibia witnessed an improvement of over 1% in domestic economic growth in 2022. According to the 2022 United Nations Namibia Country Report, the gross domestic product’s growth of 2.7% in 2021 to 3.9% in 2022 was attributed to…
Paragon Commences Groundwork At HKIA
By:Hertha Ekandjo Paragon Investment Holdingsofficially commenced with its ground handling services at the Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) on Saturday. This follows after Menzies was evicted by the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) from HKIA on Saturday morning after it ceased…
The Construction Sector Outlook Remains Bleak
By:Hertha Ekandjo The construction sector remains bleak, with poor approval and completion results for the year thus far compared to the same period during the pandemic year 2020. According to Simonis Storm Securities (SSS), this has made it likely for…
Ocean Temperatures Highest In 30 Years
By:Hertha Ekandjo Ocean temperatures are at their highest in years since 1991, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in its recent report. Recent observations have indicated that ocean temperatures have soared above 20 degrees Celsius. “Over the last four…
Insurance Association Introduces Agriculture/Livestock Insurance ….N$30 million budgeted
By:Hertha Ekandjo The Namibia Special Risks Insurance Association (Nasria), through its Namibia Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS), will soon roll-out its agriculture climate change risk insurance solution to the agriculture sector. The risk insurance solution is a tool aimed at proactively…
N$20 Million Worth Medicine At High Risk Of Spoiling
By:Hertha Ekandjo Medicines and other clinics supplies worth about N$20 million kept at the Rundu Medical Store, are at a high risk of spoiling as the hospital struggles to repair the cooling system in the facility which stopped working about…
Termination Of Black Sea Grain Initiative Raises Global Food Prices – FAO
By: Hertha Ekandjo Global food commodity prices rose in July, influenced by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) and new trade restrictions on rice, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Price Index. Russia opted…