Category: National
Industrial Baseline Survey Can Guide Capability Development – NCCI
By: Patemoshela Lukolo The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Chief Executive Officer, Titus Nampala, has indicated that the country can use the Oil and Gas Industry Baseline Survey to develop capabilities in various industries. The Namibia Chamber…
Nam’s Fragile Progress on the SDGs: Red Flags on Poverty, Hunger, and Investment Gaps
By: Nghilunanye Petrus Namibia, like much of sub-Saharan Africa, is not on track to meet its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The recently released Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 highlights: poverty in the region is on…
Youth Participation in Green Hydrogen Still Deserves More
By: Dwight Links The recently-released third edition of the Green Hydrogen Monitor by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) outlined the current situation on which level Namibian youth are participating in the green hydrogen projects around the…
Namibia Hosts Parliamentary Green Investment Dialogue
By: Joseph Jeremia and Patemoshela Lukolo Namibia convened the Parliamentary Green Investment Dialogue this weekend, bringing together policymakers and energy leaders from six African nations to advance regional cooperation on sustainable energy and climate finance. The event, held from July…
Winding Down of Drought Aid Affects Over 300,000 Namibia Households
By: Annakleta Haikera More than 300,000 vulnerable households face an uncertain future as Namibia’s national drought relief programme officially concludes on 31 August 2025. Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare on Thursday told Parliament that the emergency programme, which…
MTC Expands Services to Greenwell Matongo
By: Loise Shiimi The Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) officially expanded its operations by opening up its second mobile home in the Samora Machel constituency, in the Greenwell Matongo settlement. This new establishment represents the 37th MTC store…
NIPAM Honours Public Sector with Inaugural Awards
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM) hosted its inaugural Public Sector awards on Friday evening at the NIPAM campus in the capital. NIPAM was established through an Act of Parliament in…
Incumbent Musese and Kapako Councillors Voted Out
By: Annakleta Haikera In what was quite the political development, the incumbent councilors of the Musese and Kapako constituencies were eliminated during the SWAPO district elective conference held on Saturday in Kavango West region. The conference, hosted…
Frost Strikes Okongo Farms
By: Loise Shiimi Farmers in Okongo, Ohangwena Region, suffered significant losses last week due to heavy frost that affected their crops, such as tomatoes, green peppers, chillies, pawpaws, and bananas. Toivo Nghidengwa, a farmer in the Okongo…
Govt Seeks to Prohibit Foreign Agricultural Land Ownership
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The government is looking at prohibiting the ownership of agricultural land by foreigners. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, has given notice of tabling the particular motion that will include the probation….