SWAKOPMUND, 11 July 2025 - Namibia emerged as the standout performer in the 2026 African country rankings, surging from 15th to 3rd place, largely driven by a favorable tax environment and improvements in other key areas. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 11 June 2026 -Speaker of the National Assembly Saara Kuugongelwa (far right), Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses (far left) photographed with ODEC management and staff and other political leaders during the unveiling of the Open Doors Education Centre (ODEC) Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Programme in Swakopmund on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 11 JUNE 2026 - Namibia has released its Impact Assessment Report on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) in Windhoek on Thursday, an event commissioned by the Executive Director and Director General at the National Planning Commission, along with Jane Matsubara, JICA advisor; Mustafa Sakr, the Head, Trade and Market Unit at AUDA; and Akihiro Hoshino, Japan International Agency Resident Representative. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUNE 2026 - Namibia has released its Impact Assessment Report on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) in Windhoek on Thursday, an event commissioned by the Executive Director and Director General at the National Planning Commission, along with Jane Matsubara, JICA advisor; Mustafa Sakr, the Head, Trade and Market Unit at AUDA; and Akihiro Hoshino, Japan International Agency Resident Representative. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUN (NAMPA) The National Planning Commission has launched its Strategic Plan for 2025/26 – 2029/30. The commission's executive director, I-Ben Nashandi (centre), led the launch alongside key strategic stakeholders in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUN (NAMPA) The National Planning Commission has launched its Strategic Plan for 2025/26 – 2029/30. The commission's executive director, I-Ben Nashandi (second from left), led the launch alongside key strategic stakeholders in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 June 2026 - Former first lady, Monica Geingos. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 10 June 2026 - Delegates attending the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) Elective Congress in Walvis Bay. The three-day congress will conclude with a the election of a new leadership to guide the association for the next term. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

FILED - 24 August 2025, Hesse, Darmstadt: Maurice Krattenmacher of Hertha BSC plays the ball during the Bundesliga 2 match against Darmstadt 98 on Matchday 3 at the Merck Stadium at Boellenfalltor. Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL German Football League and the DFB German Football Association, it is prohibited to utilize or have utilized photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequential images and/or video-like photo series.

FILED - 19 February 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt_Main: File Photo - A view of the headquarters of the Deutsche Bundesbank, which is currently located at Mainzer Landstrasse 46 due to the renovation of the actual headquarters. Photo: Lando Hass/dpa

(FILES) France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) welcomes Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ahead of a meeting of allies to consider sending a multinational force to ensure security and free-flowing trade in the Strait of Hormuz, at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on April 17, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron will host Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on 25 June in Antibes (in south France) for their first bilateral summit since she took office in 2022, the Йlysйe Palace announced on June 12, 2026. ‘This summit will provide an opportunity to deepen Franco-Italian cooperation in several strategic sectors, in particular defence, space, energy and infrastructure,’ the French presidency added. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Britain's Emma Raducanu returns against Romania's Sorana Cirstea during their round of 16 women's singles match at the HSBC WTA tennis Championships at Queen's Club in west London on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP)

People watch as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 10-54 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 12, 2026. Elon Musk's SpaceX begins trading on the Nasdaq exchange on Friday with the biggest initial public offering in history expected to make the polarizing entrepreneur the world's first trillionaire. The company priced more than 555 million shares at $135 each in a filing with the US markets regulator on Thursday, placing SpaceX in the top 10 of Wall Street's biggest companies with a valuation of just under $1.8 trillion -- ahead of Tesla, Facebook-owner Meta and Walmart. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 10-54 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 12, 2026. Elon Musk's SpaceX begins trading on the Nasdaq exchange on Friday with the biggest initial public offering in history expected to make the polarizing entrepreneur the world's first trillionaire. The company priced more than 555 million shares at $135 each in a filing with the US markets regulator on Thursday, placing SpaceX in the top 10 of Wall Street's biggest companies with a valuation of just under $1.8 trillion -- ahead of Tesla, Facebook-owner Meta and Walmart. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

The hearse and mourners arrive at the funeral ceremony of 11-year-old girl Lyhanna in the cemetery of Fleurance, south western France on June 12, 2026. The body of Lyhanna was found last week after she went missing on May 29 in the southwestern town of Fleurance. The suspect, a 41-year-old father of a school friend of the victim, had twice before been formally accused of raping a child, but investigations had been dropped or had stalled. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)

Aston Martin's Spanish driver Fernando Alonso takes part in the first practice session at the Circuit de Catalunya ahead of the Catalonia Formula One Grand Prix in Montmelo, on the outskirts of Barcelona on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)