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Study Law (LLB) at Welwitchia University: Your Legal Profession Starts at WU
By: Stephanus Pombili For many young people in northern Namibia(Awambo), career choices have traditionally revolved around teaching, nursing, and, in some cases, policing. These professions have served our communities with distinction for decades. However, as Namibia’s economy and legal…
Can Namibia Truly Industrialise Under SACU?
By: Gabriel Nghituwamata Haulyamayi The 9th SACU Summit in Cape Town offered ambitious rhetoric about regional industrialisation, but for Namibia, the gap between promise and reality has never been wider. When President Cyril Ramaphosa declared at the 9th SACU…
Open Access to Global Market Tools Open for Learners
By: Peneyambeko Jonas A new schools-based financial literacy programme has been launched in Windhoek, giving learners access to financial market technology and investment education. The Bloomberg Finance Lab Schools Initiative, launched at the Bloomberg Finance Lab in the High-Tech…
2026 Nkurenkuru Expo Records Highest Number of Stalls
By: Annakleta Haikera The 2026 Nkurenkuru Expo has recorded its highest number of exhibition stalls since the event’s inception, with 144 stalls booked, reflecting the steady growth of the annual trade exhibition and increasing interest from businesses, entrepreneurs and institutions…
BOSIET Certificate Not a Qualification
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Young people aspiring to join the offshore petroleum industry have been warned that obtaining a Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) certificate is not a qualification for employment in the oil and gas sector….
GMO-Related Seeds Face Tight Restrictions and Compliance
By: Dwight Links Farmers who intend to import or plant a specific genetically modified product have to advertise their plans to the public and concerned stakeholders. Farmer Hennie Kruger from Old Smithfield farm in the Tsumeb area confirmed to The…
Resources Matter, so Does Deployment Knowhow – ECA
By: Helmut Mahogo General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Claver Gatete, called for domestic resource mobilisation as the foundation of Africa’s economic transformation. Gatete said this as he addressed the 49th Ordinary Session of the…
Kavango Entrepreneurs Question DBN’s Regional Impact
By: Annakleta Haikera Residents and entrepreneurs of Kavango East have questioned the Development Bank of Namibia’s (DBN) impact in the region, calling for greater transparency on how much of the bank’s financing has benefited local business activities. The concerns were…
Angola’s Kwanza Now a Settlement Currency in SADC…Botswana Pula is next
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Angolan kwanza has become the second settlement currency to be introduced in the SADC real-time gross settlement (SADC-RTGS) system, which has settled transactions exclusively in South African rand since its inception in 2013. The South African…
Etango Mine Being Developed by 560 Personnel Across 4 Local Contractors
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala There are more than 560 contractor workforces from four Namibian contractors currently developing earthworks, civil construction, aggregate production and infrastructure work for the Etango Uranium Mine. This was revealed in the Bannerman Energy Quarterly report for…