Category: Technology
MTC to Invest More than Half a Billion in Telecommunication Infrastructure
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For the 2026/27 financial year, one of the telecommunication service providers, Mobile Telecommunications Ltd (MTC), will invest more than half a billion Namibian dollars in various telecommunication and digital infrastructure. The company made the capital…
NADD Joins Continental WhatsApp Banking Wave
By: Peneyambeko Jonas Namibia Digital Dollar (NADD) has launched NADD Pay, a WhatsApp-based payment platform that allows users to send, receive and transact with the blockchain-backed stablecoin directly through the popular messaging application. The platform was announced in Oshakati…
ICT Still the Biggest Disruptive Sector – Huawei Technologies
By: Dwight Links Huawei Southern Africa vice-president, Hannah Hanxu, indicated that the ICT sector is still the largest disruptor sector in that it helps to modify other sectors in their functions. “Think of ICT as a younger sibling…
Africa’s AI Momentum Is Real. The Governance Beneath It Is Not.
By: Tiffany A. Archer On 27 April 2026, South Africa’s Communications and Digital Technologies Minister pulled the country’s Draft National AI Policy after it emerged that its reference list contained fictitious academic citations, articles attributed to researchers…
Tech Giants Fight Over OpenAI
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Elon Musk & Sam Altman launched OpenAI as a non-profit in 2015. The goal was to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to the masses and keep the potential dangers of it out of the hands of…
Joel Tiago’s Journey Into AI Business
By: Mathias Hangala Joel Tiago, founder and owner of Artificial Intelligence Service Optimisation for Development (AISOD), recently sat down with The Villager to share his journey into the artificial intelligence (AI) business. Born to refugee parents in…
MVA Fund Invests N$141,000 in CCTV Cameras for Windhoek
By: Mathias Hangala The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund has invested N$141,000 in the acquisition of four Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, which were officially handed over to the City of Windhoek (CoW) on Friday. Speaking at the…
Cyber Compliance is Not a Sufficient Form of Cyber Security – Panelists
By: Hee-Dee Walenga A panel discussion at the 3rd annual Namibia International Cybersecurity Conference & Exhibition saw various industry experts gauge what it would take for Namibia to move from policy documents and framework language to real implementation…
FNB to Invest Half a Million in Crime-Fighting Technology
By: Mathias Hangala First National Bank Namibia (FNB) is set to invest N$569,202 in crime-fighting systems, including panoramic surveillance units and AI-driven licence plate recognition technology, to be handed over to the City of Windhoek (CoW). FNB announced…
Call For Namibia to Tighten Cybersecurity Measures
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The chairman of the Namibia International Cybersecurity Conference & Exhibition (NICSC), Paulinus Sheehama, called for all levels of Namibia to take cybersecurity seriously. Sheehama spoke at the launch of the NICSC 2026 Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign Initiative…