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Urban Areas To Receive Boost As African Development Bank Fund Approves Grant For Solar Electricity In Informal Settlements
By: Staff Writer The African Development Bank’s Urban and Municipal Development Fund (UMDF) has approved a grant of $485,000 (N$7,22 million) for a solar electricity project in Namibia that will power some 50,000 households in the capital city. The…
A Safer Namibia Is Easy To Conduct Business
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Ohorongo Cement, one of Namibia’s first cement manufacturers, has donated 200 bags of cementto the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security to improve the living conditions of officers deployed at the variousborder postsaround the country. Following…
AviaDev Africa 2024 To Be Held In Namibia
By:Hilya Ngolo Namibia will host the next AviaDev Africa in June, 2024, in Windhoek, the Namibia Airports Company has announced. AviaDev Africa is a leading platform that is dedicated to enhancing connectivity to, from, and within the African continent. It…
“They Register Dead People Faster Than The Living” …more than 50,000 stateless people in two Kavango regions
By:Annakleta Haikera Unregistered and undocumented people of the two Kavango regions have demanded that government speed up the process of registering them after accusing the Rundu office of dragging its feet on the matter. The two Kavango regions have the…
Operationalise The Uvhungu-Vungu Dairy Farm – Venaani … Says the tragedy at the Kayova village could have been avoided
By:Hertha Ekandjo The official opposition leader is irked by the fact that the 16 family members who lost their lives after eating contaminated mahangu are in the same Kavango East region where the dormant N$141 million Uvhungu Vungu dairy project…
ECB Weighs In On NamPower’s Debt Recovery Plan
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The country’s electricity regulator has warned that, in the future, no debt recovery plan should compromise life-saving services and disturb the energy supply to those in good standing. This is in response to NamPower’s debt recovery plan that…
Anti-Competitive Behaviour Rocks Nam Economy…Now bankers are allegedly putting barriers for new property valuers
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus From the pharmaceutical companies fixing prices, collusion on panel beating and short-term insurance companies agreeing to unintentionally collude, more anti-competitive behaviour is being reported to the country’s competition watchdog. The latest is the property valuation sector where potential…
Discovering Your Financial Creativity to Overcome Food Price Challenges
By:Mignon du Preez People’s budgets in Namibia have been squeezed by rising food costs, and the recent repo rate increase by the Bank of Namibia has only made things worse. Thus, it is time for consumers to use their ingenuity…
United Nations Call For Collaboration On Census
Hilya Ngolo The United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Hopolang Phororo, in a statement delivered by UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative Gift Malunga, has called on various stakeholders to provide support to the census through the Namibia Statistic Agency to ensure…
Menzies to continue operations at HKIA until 4 July
By: Staff writer UK company Menzies Aviation will now continue with ground handling operations at the Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) until at least 4 July, the Namibia Airports Company has announced. Menzies and the preferred bidder have been locked…