GABORONE, 06 July 2026 - Southern African officials will meet in Johannesburg from 15 to 17 July to advance public spending efficiency through cost-benefit analysis. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NEW YORK, 07 July 2026 - Diene Keita, Executive Director of UNFPA. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 07 July 2026 - Ana Beatriz Martins, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Namibia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

GENEVA, 06 July 2026 - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, pictured with Chairperson of the PowerCom Board, Eldorette Harmse, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava; and Namibia's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Elvis Shiweda, during the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - A car assembly line at the Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) car company. GAC is China’s state-owned automaker. Which manufactures vehicles under its own marques (GAC Motor and AION) and operates highly successful joint ventures with Honda and Toyota. With global reach across 86 regions, it is rapidly expanding into EVs and international production. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - China's GAC International plans to establish a vehicle assembly operation in Namibia before the end of 2026 as part of its expansion into Southern Africa. The right-hand-drive AION V electric vehicle (pictured here) will be among the models assembled at the envisioned motor assembly plant. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - China's GAC International plans to establish a vehicle assembly operation in Namibia before the end of 2026 as part of its expansion into Southern Africa. The right-hand-drive AION V electric vehicle (pictured here) will be among the models assembled at the envisioned motor assembly plant. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 24 April 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Vice President Lucia Witbooi accompanied by other senior officials during a recent visit to the Seaworks fishing factory in Walvis Bay. They are looking at some of the most popularly imported seafood. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

09 July 2026, Berlin: Lars Klingbeil (L), German Minister of Finance, talks to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during the plenary session of the German Parliament (Bundestag). Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa

(260709) -- SHANGHAI, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 7, 2026 shows an exterior view of the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai in Pudong, east China's Shanghai. All the ten national key scientific and technological infrastructures that have been built and put into operation in Shanghai are now open to public use. These infrastructures, which include the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) and the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, serve as important engines for the integration of science and technology innovation and industries in the city. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)

(260709) -- SHANGHAI, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work at the Dynamics Beamline in the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) in Pudong, east China's Shanghai, July 8, 2026. All the ten national key scientific and technological infrastructures that have been built and put into operation in Shanghai are now open to public use. These infrastructures, which include the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) and the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, serve as important engines for the integration of science and technology innovation and industries in the city. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)

(260709) -- SHANGHAI, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 7, 2026 shows protein models in a corridor of the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai in Pudong, east China's Shanghai. All the ten national key scientific and technological infrastructures that have been built and put into operation in Shanghai are now open to public use. These infrastructures, which include the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) and the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, serve as important engines for the integration of science and technology innovation and industries in the city. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)

(260709) -- SHANGHAI, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 8, 2026 shows an interior view of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) in Pudong, east China's Shanghai. All the ten national key scientific and technological infrastructures that have been built and put into operation in Shanghai are now open to public use. These infrastructures, which include the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) and the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, serve as important engines for the integration of science and technology innovation and industries in the city. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)

(260709) -- SHANGHAI, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 7, 2026 shows a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) laboratory of the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai in Pudong, east China's Shanghai. All the ten national key scientific and technological infrastructures that have been built and put into operation in Shanghai are now open to public use. These infrastructures, which include the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) and the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, serve as important engines for the integration of science and technology innovation and industries in the city. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)

(260709) -- SHANGHAI, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member views experimental data at a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) equipment control room of the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai in Pudong, east China's Shanghai, July 7, 2026. All the ten national key scientific and technological infrastructures that have been built and put into operation in Shanghai are now open to public use. These infrastructures, which include the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) and the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, serve as important engines for the integration of science and technology innovation and industries in the city. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)

(260709) -- SHANGHAI, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 8, 2026 shows the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) park in Pudong, east China's Shanghai. All the ten national key scientific and technological infrastructures that have been built and put into operation in Shanghai are now open to public use. These infrastructures, which include the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) and the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, serve as important engines for the integration of science and technology innovation and industries in the city. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)