Category: Top Stories
CRAN Coy on Starlink-Related Questions
By: Staff Writer The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) declined to directly answer questions from Eagle Media House regarding Starlink’s pending application to legally operate in Namibia. Starlink, which is owned and operated by South African-born multi-billionaire Elon…
Central Banks and Policymakers Must Employ Alternative Data
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Non-traditional data is often timelier or more granular and, as a result, can fill in some gaps in government statistics, wrote former principal economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Claudia Sahm, on the…
NamPower Wants the Power Aggregation Role
By: Hee-Dee Walenga and Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The national power utility, NamPower, has proposed that it becomes the main energy aggregator in the country for all dispatchable energy. This would add to its other role of generation,…
Nam Imported N$125.2 Billion Worth of Goods in 10 months
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Cumulatively, from January to the end of October 2025, Namibia has spent N$125.2 billion on goods from outside to meet local demands. At the same time, the country has cumulatively sold N$104.9 billion worth of…
Take Advantage of the Rain and Plough – Farmers Union
By: Annakleta Haikera Kavango West Farmers Union chairperson, Johannes Hausiku, advised subsistence farmers, who mostly depend on the rainy season for food production, to take advantage of the rainfall and commence with ploughing. According to Hausiku, farmers can continue using…
Nam Has Potential to Produce Cheaper Green Ammonia
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala A comparative study by a German research institution has indicated that Namibia could produce green ammonia more competitively, enabling the production of fertilisers and decarbonisation of the agricultural sector. This can be attributed to Namibia’s favourable location…
1 Billion lbs Global Uranium Demand Predicted
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala In a presentation at its annual general meeting, Paladin, the main shareholder in the Namibia Langer-Heinrich Uranium Mine, revealed that for the next 10 years, global nuclear utilities will have approximately 1 billion pounds of…
Local Authorities Requested N$8.4 Billion from the Road Fund
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For the current financial year, cities, towns, and settlements (local authorities) have requested N$8.4 billion from the Road Fund Administration (RFA) for road maintenance and rehabilitation. However, according to the RFA, due to revenue constraints,…
36,260 Day-old Chicks Imported from SA in 2 Months
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For the two months of September and October 2025, Namibia imported 36,260 day-old chicks as inputs for its poultry sector. This brings the year-to-date (January to October 2025) import of live birds to 376,161…
Windhoek Road Maintenance Backlog to Cost Over N$2.7 Billion
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala An assessment of the City of Windhoek road maintenance backlog is estimated to be more than N$2.7 billion, with insight indicating that the bill could be higher with increasing potholes and road damage. This…