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

Ground crew is seen around one of the three US-made F-35 aircraft (Polish codename Husarz) in the Polish Air Force at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, central Poland, on June 12, 2026, on the day of their official entry into service with the Polish Air Force. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (R) and South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (L) arrive to pose for pictures following their bilateral meeting of the Agreements of Understanding on development cooperation in the fields of science, advanced technologies, information and communication technologies in the sector of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, at Villa Doria Pamphili, in Rome on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

US-made F-35 aircraft (Polish codename Husarz) of the Polish Air Force is seen parked on the tarmac at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, central Poland, on June 12, 2026, on the day of their official entry into service with the Polish Air Force. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

US-made F-35 aircraft (Polish codename Husarz) of the Polish Air Force is seen parked on the tarmac at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, central Poland, on June 12, 2026, on the day of their official entry into service with the Polish Air Force. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

US-made F-35 aircraft (Polish codename Husarz) of the Polish Air Force is seen parked on the tarmac at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, central Poland, on June 12, 2026, on the day of their official entry into service with the Polish Air Force. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

Spectators look on a US-made F-35 aircraft (Polish codename Husarz) of the Polish Air Force parked on the tarmac at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, central Poland, on June 12, 2026, on the day of their official entry into service with the Polish Air Force. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the ceremony for the presentation of the 2025 State Prizes in Science and Technology, Literature and the Arts, and for Outstanding Achievements in Human Rights, Humanitarian, and Charitable Activities, as well as the awarding of the Gold Medals of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation in Moscow on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)

Gwynne Shotwell (c), SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer, celebrates with SpaceX employees and executives after they rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite to celebrate the launch of SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York 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 TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)