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Keith Hill’s Lasting Legacy In Africa’s Oil and Gas Industry
By:NJ Ayuk Within the last two years alone, Africa Oil Corp. announced a major discovery offshore Namibia with partner TotalEnergies and secured two production-sharing contracts for offshore Blocks EG-18 and EG-31 in Equatorial Guinea. The company has campaigns…
Green Bonds Financing Framework At Advanced Level
By:Justicia Shipena The creation of an Integrated National Financing Framework, which will unleash the power of green and blue bonds and encourage private sector participation in sustainable projects, is now at an advanced level. Deputy Finance Minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende disclosed…
Namibians Running Away From A Safer And Democractic Country – UK Ambassador
By:Dwight Links British High Commissioner, Charles Moore, says the Namibian government has been aware of the issues facing the United Kingdom with regards to Namibians traveling to the country. The UK government announced in mid-July that Namibians will require a…
Stolen Communal Water Pumps Leave Kavango West Villagers Frustrated
By:Annakleta Haikera Kavango West region villagers have once again been left frustrated and thirsty after another water pump was stolen last week. Meanwhile, those with small irrigation schemes have been left without water for their crops. Kavango West Nampol’s Regional…
Kavango East Welcomes High Court Sittings In Region And Zambezi
By:Annakleta Haikera Rundu-based lawyer Benhard Tjatjara has welcomed a move by the Office of the Judiciary to have High Court sittings from 1 to 31 August 2023 in the Kavango East and Zambezi regions. The move was annunced by the…
Macroprudential Policy: An Analysis of Effectiveness and Interaction in Namibia
By:Josef Kefas Sheehama The Bank of Namibia held its Macroprudential Oversight Committee (MOC) on 10 July 2023, to assess risks and vulnerabilities faced by the Namibian Financial System. The Committee emphasised continued monitoring of inflationary pressures and geopolitical tensions, which…
Global Food Systems Are Broken As 780 MillionFace Hunger Worldwide
By:Hertha Ekandjo More than 780 million people are going hungry while nearly one-third of all food produced is lost or wasted. More than three billion cannot afford healthy diets. This is according to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres….
Katima Mulilo Becomes First Town To Offer Free Wi-Fi
By:Fransina Nghidengwa Katima Mulilo became one of the first towns in the country to offer free WiFi to its residents. This comes after Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) and Katima Mulilo Town Council signed a memorandum of understanding on the provision of…
Wenela Border Post The Gate Into Africa
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Putting Namibia’s diamond export to Botswana and the country’s trade partnership with South Africa aside, the Wenela Border Post has been channelling more Namibian products into Africa. In the lens of promoting intra-Africa trade, statistics from the Namibia…
Local Sourcing: Hyphen Estimates 30% Local Procurement In Green Hydrogen Project …As procurement is anticipated to cost N$15 billion annually for four years
By:Justicia Shipena The government and Hyphen Hydrogen Energy’s just-launched Socio-Economic Development (SED) framework anticipate that 30% of local products and services would be procured during the construction and operating stages of the green hydrogen project in the ||Kharas region. Hyphen…