Category: Technology
CRAN Says No to Starlink for Compliance Shortfalls
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) officially rejected Starlink’s licence application to operate in Namibia. Starlink, owned by the world’s richest man – Elon Musk – has been registered under the Business and…
Namibians Consumed 6.9 Million GB on TikTok Content…data usage generates close to N$1 billion in 3 months
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibians have consumed 6.9 million gigabytes (GB) watching and posting on TikTok between October and December 2025. This is according to the Quarterly Statistics Bulletin for the last quarter of 2025 (Q4), which…
Namibia’s National Digital Strategy Offers a Blueprint for Digital Transformation
By: Magano Erkana and Nhika Vassallo Exciting times are underway in Namibia with the new National Digital Strategy 2025-2029 (NDS), dubbed ‘The Framework for Digital Transformation.’ This represents a bold, comprehensive roadmap to harness digital technologies for…
Local ISP Seeks to Bridge Digital Divide in Namibia
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Canopus Technologies (CanTech), a local internet service provider (ISP), entered the market with the objective of bridging the digital gap. Founded in 2023 by Managing Director Nerro Nendongo, the company serves as an example…
Global platform Shutterstock Showcases new Generative AI Features
Shutterstock, the global photography and image library company, which at one stage had a library of 750 million images for users to select from, engaged with interested stakeholders in a virtual platform regarding some of the new features that they…
4G and 5G Will Enhance Connectivity – Tech Analysts
By: Loise Shiimi In light of the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) announcing its decision to phase out 2G and 3G networks over the next four years, a technological shift is underway. Tomas Shigwedha, a computer…
Namibia Above and Before Space When it Comes to Data Centres
By: Peter Karon The global race for data sovereignty and AI processing power has sparked a debate that sounds like science fiction: should we launch our data centres into orbit? While “orbital compute” has a futuristic ring to…
Cybercrime Bill in the Pipeline for Namibia
By: Dwight Links A public stakeholders’ engagement about the establishment of Namibia’s cybercrime legislation was held in Windhoek this past Friday. Organised by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), it attracted specialised interest from the public…
Fundamental Shift Required to Fight Cyber Attacks – WEF
By: Mathias Hangala As the world adopts artificial intelligence (AI), the World Economic Forum (WEF) places emphasis on countries moving towards building resilience against cyber threats in the AI era. In its recent 2026 Global Cybersecurity Outlook,…
FNB Launches weSave Product
FNB Namibia launched a new account that is designed to enable safe, structured, and effective group savings. “Derived from the Southern African tradition of community-based savings, better known as Stokvel, weSave is a group savings account that allows…