Category: Business
More Than 110 000 Tried Their Luck With Census Jobs …. Temporary census job expose Nam unemployment
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus A number of 111,495 Namibians have submitted their interest to compete for the approximately 13,000 jobs available for the 2023 Population and Housing Census. As one of the most fierce contests for jobs which highlighted the country’s unemployment…
Africa, The Minerals Giant Playing Meagre Role
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus In the new wave of energy transition and fighting climate change, Africa has again come to the rescue of the world in providing the needed raw material. The needed raw materials are such as lithium, copper, nickel, manganese,…
Namibia On Track To Eradicate Maternal Transmission of HIV, Syphilis And Hepatitis B
By:Justicia Shipena Namibia is determined to bring the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate down to less than two percent by 2028, a health official said Monday. Ben Nangombe, the Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, made the…
New Nust Chair Calls For Informed Decision-Making … Promises “timely and united governance”
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Interim Chairperson of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) Council, Leake Hangala has called upon the board and management to make informed decisions without wasting time. The interim Nust Council was appointed by the Minister…
Biomass Fair Scheduled For September 2023
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Various institutions will congregate for the Standard BankBiomass Fair 2023 at at Gross Barmen Resort, near Okahandja,from the 7 to 9 September 2023. The three-day event, organised by the Namibia Biomass industry Group (N-BiG), the Charcoal Association of…
Public Service Crucial To AfCFTA Success – PM
By:Ngiinomenwa-vali Erastus Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said the public service is critical to the success of the The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Kuugongelwa-Amadhila is of the opinion that the implementation of the agreement will rely on the competence…
Over 400 Entrepreneurs Pitch For Old Mutual Funding
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Old Mutual Foundation has received 400 applications from hopeful entrepreneurs seeking seed funding from its Sustainable Economic and Empowerment Drive (OM SEED 2.0). After the evaluation process, Foundation identified 10 outstanding entrepreneurs from regions across the country…
Meatco Promises Producers Timely Payments … estimates another profit in July
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) says it aims to pay producers on time and ensure they maximise returns from the country’s lucrative niche markets. In a statement this week, the company revealed it is certain of another…
Namibia’s Africa Exports Reach N$4.9 Billion In June
By:Justicia Shipena Namibia exported commodities worth N$4.9 billion to Africa in June, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA). The continent currently awaits to implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The AfCFTA is one of Agenda 2063’s…
Petroleum Agreement Dictates Nam To Benefit 54%
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The government is entitled to receive a share of any successful petroleum project once production has started, said the acting Managing Director of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) Shiwana Ndeunyema. In a presentation titled,“The Economic Impact…