Author: Hertha Ekandjo
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…
CRAN Revenue Drops By 51.6% In 2022
By:Hertha Ekandjo The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran) has recorded a total revenue of N$36.3 million which was N$38.7 million – or 51.6% – less than the budget of N$75 million for 2022, according to its 2022 annual report….
EU Launches Its First Namibia Youth Sounding Board
By:Hertha Ekandjo The European Union has launched the EU-Namibia Youth Sounding Board (YSB) which aims to provide a space for meaningful involvement of young people in the EU’s cooperation with Namibia. The launch took place earlier this week at the…
Global Food Systems Are Broken As 780 MillionFace Hunger Worldwide
By:Hertha Ekandjo More than 780 million people are going hungry while nearly one-third of all food produced is lost or wasted. More than three billion cannot afford healthy diets. This is according to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres….
Renewable Energy: Namibia’s Future Least-Costly Energy
By: Hertha Ekandjo Solar and wind with storage make up the largest share of Namibia’s energy future under a least-costly energy investment scenario toward 2030 and 2040. This is according to TMP Public, a UK-based non-profit consultancy and think-tank that…
Rössing Uranium Donates N$ 50,000 To Namibia’s Small-Scale Miners
By:Hertha Ekandjo Rössing Uranium this week donated N$50,000 to small-scale miners working under the Emerging Mining Association of Namibia (EMAN), to attend an international mining conference slated for 22-23 November 2023 in Luanda, Angola. The 2nd…