Category: Technology
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…
Expert-Speak: From 3,375 Proverbs To 100 New Ones–When AI Learns African Wisdom
By: Tshilidzi Marwala Africa’s proverbs, which can be traced to ancient oral traditions, are among the continent’s most powerful technologies. Long before codes, platforms, and cloud computing, they condensed philosophy, ethics, and social order into short, portable…
Namibian Universities Planning Their Own AI Policies
By: Dwight Links The University of Namibia (UNAM) and the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) are planning their own artificial intelligence (AI) policies in response to recent developments in its utilisation. AI has become the…
Ehomba Welcomes Second Communications Tower
Last Friday, the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) inaugurated its second telecommunications tower in Ehomba, in the Kunene Region. This initiative forms part of the Universal Service Fund (USF) program. The launch of the Ehomba tower follows…