Category: News
Nam Consumers Spend N$3,7bn On SA Goods In June
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus For June 2022, Namibian consumers have bought N$3,7 billion worth of goods from South Africa. However, Namibians only managed to sell N$1,5 billion worth of goods to South Africans during the same period, the June 2022…
How To Embrace And Smoothen An Internship Model
By: Ilke Platt Founder Poiyah Media. An internship is a formal programme offered by organisations to assist students and recent graduates in training and gaining work experience. The goal of an internship or apprenticeship is to learn new skills to…
Telecom Namibia to Invest N$2,3b to Modernise Networks
Staff Writer Telecom Namibia chief executive officer Stanley Shanapoinda says the parastatal plans to invest more than N$2,3 billion in the next five years to modernise our national fixed and mobile network, starting from the national backbone to the core…
The Kavango Regions’ Economic Potential Chorus
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Beyond the agricultural sector, the two Kavango regions have been cited for having massive economic potential, especially food security. Despite this lauded potential, the two regions host most of the green schemes (seven of them), with many…
Letshego Moves Into Ongos Valley Deal
Staff Writer Letshego Namibia now extends soft loans to anyone who qualifies, unlike in the past, when the bank was heavily involved with government workers. Speaking during the signing of a partnership agreement with Ongos Valley Group in Windhoek on…
NIDA CEO Gaomab Apologises Over Livestock Deaths
By: Annakleta Haikera The Namibia Industrial Development Agency chief executive officer Mihe Gaomab II has apologised for the death of more than 100 cattle at the Kavango Cattle Ranch. The Kavango Cattle Ranch is approximately 168,900 hectares and comprises over…
Ramaphosa Denies Kidnapping, Torturing Namibians
Staff Writer South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says two of the five Namibians accused of breaking into his farm in February 2020 were assaulted by guards when they first broke into a farm close to his in the Limpopo province….
Cricket Namibia Takes Roadshow To Kunene’s Rural Areas
By: Uakutura Kambaekua Ashburton Kwata Cricket Development Programme, under the auspices of Cricket Namibia, has directed its attention on earthing untapped talents from rural areas in Kunene North through the Ashburton Cricket program roadshow. They are en route to engaging…
Councils Cannot Run Green Schemes – Schlettwein
By: Justicia Shipena Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein says it will be challenging for the councils to take over the country’s struggling green schemes. Schlettwein said this during a Monday meeting with governors, councillors, and traditional authorities of Kavango East and…
800 Start-Ups Tried Their Luck With Old Mutual SEED Initiative
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Start-ups and potential entrepreneurs from three towns have submitted over 800 applications to the Old Mutual SEED initiatives in the hope for their idea/concept or business to win some seed capital. These entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs…