Category: Opinion
What Namibia Can Learn From Qatar On Gas Development And Monetisation
By: NJ Ayuk When I was working on my 2019 book, ‘Billions At Play: The Future of African Energy and Doing Deals’, I wrote that Qatar was well on its way to achieving its goal of becoming the “Gas Capital…
Having A Financially Responsible Valentine’s Day
By: Mignon du Preez Valentine’s Day is a special day to celebrate love and affection, but it is also a suitable time to reflect on our finances. It is important to prioritise your finances and avoid overspending on Valentine’s Day….
Making financial resolutions work in 2023
By: Mignon du Preez It is incredible how many people make resolutions about getting themselves into shape when a new year begins. Very few of us, think about the ‘financial hangover’ that we are dragging into a new year and…
Unconventional Thoughts: The Flooding, Who is to blame, Engineers, Hydrologists or Town Planners?
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka The last year’s flooding of Wernihil Shopping Mall in the capital city got people questioning Engineers and the mighty city planning, furthermore the yearly flooding of the northern and eastern regions. Someone posted that “engineers should…
The Unconventional And Unorthodox Thoughts: Dear African Entrepreneur
By: Tony O. Elumelu 2022 was not an easy year. We escaped the pandemic, but none of us were untouched by global events. Prices have risen frighteningly, the cost of doing business has increased, and customers are stretched We…
Here Is To A Merry Christmas And A Prosperous 2023
By: Megameno Shinana Christmas is around the corner and just hours away we will embrace 2023 but holly-molly, what a hectic year it has been. Granted, 2022 has not been a pretty year for most of us and the economy…
Villages: The Dumping Sites of Modern Mass Events
By: Agnes Shekupe Shivute The biggest events and feasts are hosted here in the villages: weddings, family reunions, and funerals among other gatherings – generating a substantial amount of waste to the environment. Unfortunately, villages have no red or…
Opinion: On The Fall Of Curt Von François
By: Benedick M Louw It has been now more than seven years since the public debate around the removal of a statue, a debate brought to the fore recently by former Swanu president Usutuaije Maamberua in 2015, when he made…
Being Brave, an Intrinsic Requirement of the Internal Audit Function
By: Marilize van Schalkwyk If you read about the latest trends in internal auditing, you will find many articles about agile auditing, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence and other technologies aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the…
The Unconventional and Unorthodox Thoughts To save public funds, stop taking your whole ministry to one event
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka Some of our problems donot really require International Monetary Fund and the Harvard Lab expertise. Not at all. Especially on reducing public expenditure. We just have to do unconventional little things which on aggregate will be…