Category: National
Angola Oil & Gas 2023 Explores The Strategic Imperative Of Local Content
By:Staff writer Local content represents one of the primary drivers of economic development in any oil-rich nation. For Angola, the Government has made great strides towards moving from the promotion of local content to the implementation of tangible policies. During…
Namibia, EdoState Explore Investment Opportunities
By: Staff writer The Governor of Edo State in the South-South of the federal republic of Nigeria,Godwin Obaseki has called for increased collaboration between his state and the Namibian Government. This, he said is to drive economic growth and reap…
Kavango East Recognises Smallholder Farmers
By:Annakleta Haikera The 2023 National Agronomic and Horticulture Awards (Naha) ceremony was held at the Mashare BlueberriesGreen Schemein the Kavango East region on Thursday. The event, which attracted agronomy and horticulture producers, traders, input suppliers and other key stakeholders, was…
Over 3,000 Unemployed, Qualified Teachers In Kavango Regions
By: Annakleta Haikera A group of unemployed teachers from the Kavango West and East claimed there are about 3,410 unemployed, qualified teachers in the two their two regions. The want government to recruit more teachers to fill staffing gaps…
Rising Oil Prices: A Looming Threat to Namibia’s Inflation
By:Justicia Shipena The rise in oil prices may result in higher transportation costs, which might contribute to growing inflation in Namibia. This is according to economists at Simonis Storm Securities. Inflation rates demonstrated a persistent rate below the 5% threshold…
NSA Budgets N$250 Million For Census Enumerators
By:EnumeratorsBrandon Shilongo The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) will payN$250 million inallowances to its ad hoc staff who will be involved in the conduct of the 2023 Population and Housing Census. The governmentallocatedN$706 million for the national exercise. This was revealed…
Vocational Trainees Assembling Agri Tractor Components …Eenhana VTC trainees to lead assembling
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Under the Namibia Agricultural Mechanisation and Seed Improvement Project (NAMSIP), 350 tractors’ components are being procured at the cost of N$300 millionto assemble tractors locally. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Deputy…
Repo Rate Pushes Car Buyers To Buy Cash
By:Staff writer The repo rate has forced those purchasing vehicles to do so via cash transactions rather than on credit,a recent analysis has revealed. In August this year, the Bank of Namibia’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) opted to keep the…
BRICS+ to Serve as a Catalyst for Namibian Economic Development
Josef Kefas Sheehama Namibia should close working relationships between these nations and the academia to articulate ways of ensuring that Namibia is enlisted into the BRICS bloc of nations as soon as possible. It is beyond any doubt that the…
The NSA, ECN Sign MoU
By:Josefina Lukas The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) and the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining areas of mutual cooperation between the two parties. NSA’s Statistician General and CEO, Alex Shimuafeni said census data…