SWAKOPMUND, 15 July 2026 - The Effective Communicators Conference started in Swakopmund on Wednesday. (Photo: Contributed)

SWAKOPMUND, 15 JULY 2026 - Grootfontein Municipality Public Relations Officer Luke Salomo was among the attendees of the break away session on the importance of journalist/communicators’ relationship at the Effective Communicators Conference at Swakopmund on Wednesday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

PRETORIA, 20 August 2025 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and her South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa co-chair the Fourth Namibia-South Africa Bi-National Commission in Pretoria on Friday, 17 July. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 15 July 2026 - The Effective Communicators Conference (ECC26) started in Swakopmund on Wednesday. The conference, hosted by the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, runs from 14 to 17 July under the theme “Communication Reconsidered: A driving force for constant progress.” (Photo: Contributed)

SWAKOPMUND, 15 July 2026 - Vice President of the Institute Public Relations in Nigeria and Chairperson of the WPRF/APRA 2026 Planning Committee Professor Emmanuel Dandaura who was part of the special APRA panel discussion, an opening event for the Effective Communicators Conference taking place in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 15 July 2026 - Communications professional and author Dr Omoniyi Ibietan moderating a special APRA Panel Discussion, an opening event for the Effective Communicators Conference taking place in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 15 July 2026 - A special APRA Panel Discussion including Director of Commercial for Zambia’s Zaffico Pic Irene Lungu, Vice President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations Professor Emmanuel Dandaura and PetroFund Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Shoki Kandjimi, with moderator Communications professional and author Dr Omoniyi Ibietan. The discussion was an opening event for the Effective Communicators Conference taking place in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 14 July 2026 - Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) News Editor Maggy Thomas and Senior Sub-editor Angie Brandt pictured with information officers from the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, following a training session held on the sidelines of the Effective Communicators Conference (ECC26) at The Dome in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

16 July 2026, Saxony, Chemnitz: A view of the Zeithain Correctional Facility. Far-right extremist Marla Svenja Liebich is being held at the men's prison. Photo: Katharina Kausche/dpa

(FILES) This photo illustration taken on April 17, 2025 shows the TikTok logo displayed on a screen at a residential property in Guildford, south of London. Britain's communications regulator on July 16, 2026 launched an investigation into whether social media platform TikTok is doing enough under UK law to protect children from harmful content online. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

An aerial photograph taken on July 16, 2026 shows dried fields due to the warm weather and drought, in Strijen. (Photo by Jeffrey Groeneweg / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT

Spectators sit in a makeshift pool of water as the lead breakaway cycles past during the 11th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 161,3 km between Vichy and Nevers in central France, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD / AFP)

A Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft takes off near the under-construction new terminus at the Chennai International Airport on July 16, 2026. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)

A Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft takes off near the under-construction new terminus at the Chennai International Airport on July 16, 2026. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)

Hindu devotees pull a chariot carrying the idols of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)

A Hindu devotee takes part in the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)