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Telecom Namibia ReadiesTo Deploy 5G Services Using Its Fibre Network
By:Staff writer Telecom Namibia, which recently celebrated its milestone 30th anniversary says it is committed to deploy a fifth generation (5G) network in the country. The company aims to spearhead a digital transformation journey to support the country’s Vision 2030,…
Budget Timeline Affects Country’s Transparency Ratings – IPPR
By:Staff writer Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) Executive Director Graham Hopwood has raised concerns over the national budget timetable for Namibia. According to Hopwood, this year’s National Budget Speech, Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the Fiscal Strategy, and the…
About N$3 Million Worth Of Confiscated Items In The Hands Of NamRA
By:Hertha Ekandjo The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) is currently in possession of approximately N$3 million worth of confiscated goods that are being kept at a warehouse in Windhoek. The goods have been confiscated through different entry points by customs. The…
Electric Power Generation And Distribution Inflation Spikes
By:Justicia Shipena The annual inflation for Namibia’s electric power generation, transmission and distribution declined in the fourth quarter of 2022. This is according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) in its recently released Namibia Producer Price Index bulletin. The bulletin…
Repo Rate Hikes Help Bank To Massive Profits
By:Justicia Shipena The constant increases of the repo rate during 2022 drove Standard Bank Namibia to record a massive increase in its profit. The bank’s profit for 2022 increased by 70.5%, according to the bank’s annual report for 2022 released…
Church Donates Fencing Material to Opuwo Farmers
By:Uakutura Kambaekua Farmers at Okovingava village in the Opuwo Urban constituency this week received gardening fencing material worth more than N$10 000 from the Protestant Unity Church, also known as theOruuano church. According to Bishop Wylie Vekarapo Upi, his church…
Mediclinic Scores High
By:Staff writer The Mediclinic in Namibia has is among eight health facilities receiving four-year accreditation awards at a recent Board Meeting of Council for Health Service Accreditation in South Africa (Cohsasa). A total of eight Mediclinic hospitals, scattered throughout South…
Solar Finance For Business
Executive of Marketing Jerome Mutumba has announced three new enterprises that used Bank finance to strengthen their enterprises with solar energy. They include a truck and tractor repair plant in Gobabis, a charcoal manufacturer, also near Gobabis, and a large…
Nurturing Corporates And Institutions To Flourish – Bank Windhoek Executive
Corporate and institutional banking is essential to a country’s ecosystem and development, says Lukas Nanyemba, Bank Windhoek’s Executive Officer of Corporate and Institutional Banking. “Nature underpins our economy, society, and indeed our existence. In natural habitats, animals, plants, and microbes…
Protest on youth unemployment ends in tears
By:Fransina Nghidengwa A protest meant to express the youth’s dissatisfaction in unemployment ended in the detaining of member of parliament Inna Hengari and activists Michael Amushelelo and Dimbulukeni Nauyoma on Tuesday. This comes after the High Court dismissed an urgent…