Category: Top Stories
Angolan Vendors Turn to Rundu for Survival, Call for Designated Market
By: Annakleta Haikera Rundu’s busy streets are increasingly becoming a trading hub for vendors from Angola, with some saying the town has become their main source of income and calling on the Rundu Town Council to provide a…
Trade Figures Continue to Expose Value-Addition Gaps
By: Peneyambeko Jonas As much as value addition and industrialisation conversations dominate national conversation and documentation, trade statistics show the same picture of raw mineral domination. Namibia trade statistics show that the country continues to earn much of its…
Businesses Borrowed N$2.2 Billion this Year
By: Nghiinomenwa Hangala From January to July 2026, the business community has borrowed N$2.2 billion from commercial banks. This is lower than the N$2.8 billion borrowed at the same time last year, according to the monetary and financial statistics,…
TotalEnergies Now the Operator of Namibia’s Two Largest Oil Discoveries
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala TotalEnergies has received the green light from the Namibian government to acquire a 40% operating interest in the PEL83 license, which holds the Mopane Oil discovery from Galp. This approval makes the oil giant…
EVs Not as Resilient to US-Iran War, but Proving to be a Mobility Option
By: Dwight Links The International Energy Agency (IEA) outlined in its latest evaluation of the electric vehicle market as a resilient option for mobility in an ever-unpredictable world. According to them, the sales of EVs were slightly…
Geology Cannot Be Commanded, and Capital Cannot Ignore Economics
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The government of Namibia, through the Minister of Mines and Energy, Modestus Amutse, has an understanding that it cannot command geology to become commercial or ask capital to ignore economics. Amutse expressed this at the Occasion…
Road Accidents: A Public-Health, Socio-economic, and Development Crisis
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The National Council Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Housing has declared the country’s road accidents a national public-health, socioeconomic, and development crisis. The Committee has also attributed driver behaviour as the main cause of accidents. From…
New Mines Usher in Positive Prospects … all minerals recording a windfall
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala According to the Chamber of Mines, beyond the immediate production cycle that is mixed, the medium-term outlook remains considerably positive due to the new mines. The Chamber expressed its optimism in the Monthly Mining Update for…
Human Mobility Remains a Challenge for African Integration
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala A key development, currently underway, within SADC’s business and professional services sector is the operationalisation of Article 7 of the Protocol, which provides for Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs), as noted by the Trade Law Center in…
Zambezi Bream Becoming Scarce in the Region’s Rivers
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Assessment done on the streams of the Zambezi rivers has revealed the depletion of Zambezi bream and other fish species in the region’s river systems. It has resulted in a call to restock fingerlings for the…