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WINDHOEK, 28 July 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dino Ballotti at the Bloomberg Finance Lab Schools Initiative launch in Windhoek. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

Finance lab initiative to equip learners with market ready skills

WINDHOEK, 28 JUL (NAMPA) – The Bloomberg Finance Lab Schools Initiative was launched in Windhoek on Tuesday, bringing togeth...

WINDHOEK, 28 July 2026 - Newly appointed Bank Windhoek Executive Officer for Retail Banking Services, Leon Koch. (Photo: Contributed)

Bank Windhoek appoints Koch to head retail banking services

WINDHOEK, 28 JUL (NAMPA) – Bank Windhoek on Tuesday announced the appointment of Leon Koch as its Executive Officer for Reta...

Justina Shuumbwa

GOBABIS, 27 July 2026 - Stakeholders from the Bank of Namibia (BoN) and the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) at the inaugural Statistics Awareness Day. (Photo: Contributed)

BoN, NSA highlight importance of statistics for national development

GOBABIS, 28 JUL (NAMPA) – The Bank of Namibia (BoN) and the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) have emphasised the importance o...

WINDHOEK, 28 July 2026 - Osino Resources Country Director Werner Schuckmann. (Photo: Contributed)

Twin Hills gold mine on track for 2027, nine years from discovery

WINDHOEK, 28 JUL (NAMPA) - The Twin Hills gold project near Karibib is on track to move from discovery to production in nine y...

WINDHOEK, 29 May 2026 - MTC has committed N.dollars 624.9 million in capital expenditure for the 2025/26 financial year to strengthen Namibia’s digital and telecommunications infrastructure. (Photo: Contributed)

ECB renews moratorium on electricity generation licences for exports

WINDHOEK, 28 JUL (NAMPA) - The Electricity Control Board (ECB) has announced the renewal of a moratorium on the granting of el...

Justina Shuumbwa

REHOBOTH, 27 July 2026- The official launch of the inaugural Rehoboth Youth Connect Festival & Expo 2026. (Photo: contributed) NAMPA

Rehoboth Youth Connect Festival and Expo launched

REHOBOTH, 28 JUL (NAMPA) – The inaugural Rehoboth Youth Connect Festival and Expo, aimed at connecting young people with edu...

Garises Joe-chintha

WINDHOEK, 08 April 2026 - Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi, pictured at the groundbreaking ceremony for the NaTIS centre in Wanaheda. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Oshakati Town Council launches traffic law enforcement unit

OSHAKATI, 27 JUL (NAMPA) – The Oshakati Town Council on Monday officially launched its Traffic Law Enforcement Unit, with Mi...

GOBABIS, 27 July 2026 - Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate pictured with Deputy Executive Director and Chief Registrar in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security during a courtesy visit by the Ministry as part of the eID awareness campaign in Omaheke. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Omaheke first stop as government ramps up e-ID awareness campaign

GOBABIS, 27 JUL (NAMPA) – Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate on Monday welcomed the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safet...

WINDHOEK, 14 MAY 2014 - Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) workers at the Meatco Windhoek abattoir. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

Meatco posts N$40.5 million profit despite 53% drop in cattle throughput

WINDHOEK, 27 JUL (NAMPA) - Meatco recorded a profit after tax of N$40.5 million for the year ended 31 January 2026, despite a ...

WINDHOEK, 24 July 2026 - Yango Country Manager, Alex Mungai, at the Yango media engagement held on Friday. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

Yango urges users to use in-app security features to report safety concerns

WINDHOEK, 24 JUL (NAMPA) – Ride-hailing platform Yango on Friday urged users to utilise the in-app reporting channels to ens...

WINDHOEK, 23 July 2026 - Street vendors protesting at China Town in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

National association for street vendors on the cards

WINDHOEK, 24 JUL (NAMPA) - Social activist Michael Amushelelo on Thursday announced plans to establish a national street vendo...

WINDHOEK, 23 July 2026 - Bank Windhoek Executive Officer of Marketing and Corporate Communication Services, Jacquiline Pack. (Photo: Contributed)

Bank Windhoek urges vigilance amid rise in sophisticated scams

WINDHOEK, 23 JUL (NAMPA) – Bank Windhoek has urged customers and members of the public to remain vigilant against increasing...

Justina Shuumbwa

SIKONDO, 23 July 2026 - The Sikondo Green Scheme in Kavango West has started harvesting its winter potato crop. (Photo: Contributed)

Sikondo potato harvest targets local markets to boost jobs and food security

SIKONDO, 24 JUL (NAMPA) - The Sikondo Green Scheme in the Kavango West Region is harvesting its winter potato crop for local m...

MANKUMPI, 14 July 2026- The water tap connecting water from the boreholes to nearby points in Mankumpi Constituency, Kavango West Region.
(photo: Lylie Joel)
NAMPA

Namibia expands water access, but sanitation backlog persists: PM

SWAKOPMUND, 23 JUL (NAMPA) – Namibia has increased access to safe drinking water to 91.4 per cent of the population and expa...

WINDHOEK, 23 July 2026 - Street vendors protesting at China Town in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

Chinatown vendors protest over City of Windhoek eviction

WINDHOEK, 23 JUL (NAMPA) – Street vendors from the Chinatown area in Windhoek embarked on a protest action on Thursday follo...

NAC installs N$1.3 million FIDS at Walvis Bay airport

WINDHOEK, 23 JUL (NAMPA) - The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) has installed a new Flight Information Display System (FIDS) wor...

Justina Shuumbwa

Nekundi demands speedy completion of Kunene infrastructure projects

OPUWO, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – Works and Transport Minister, Veikko Nekundi, has called on contractors working on major infrastruct...

Kaviveterue Virere

MARIENTAL, 22 July 2026 - Mariental residents on Wednesday petitioned the Mariental Municipality, calling for an independent investigation into alleged irregularities in the Extension 5 relocation process, improved municipal service delivery and stronger economic development initiatives. (Photo: Contributed)

Mariental residents petition municipality

MARIENTAL, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – Mariental residents on Wednesday petitioned the Mariental Municipality, calling for an independe...

Garises Joe-chintha

Parliamentary standing committee finds Rani Group non-compliant with labour law

By Eba Kandovazu WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – Rani Group director Ali Dharani has declined to comment in detail on the finding...

BoN advances climate data study to strengthen sustainable finance

WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – The Bank of Namibia (BoN) is undertaking a national diagnostic study to assess the availability, ...

Windhoek, 25 September- NSA Statistician General and CEO, Alex Shimuafeni. (Photo contributed)

Financial inclusion increases to 86% of adult population

WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – Financial inclusion in Namibia has increased to 86.0% of the adult population, up from 78.0% reco...

WINDHOEK, 12 Nay 2026 - Kaire Mbuende, Director General of the National Planning Commission, delivers the keynote address at the official opening of the second Namibia–EU Business Forum in Windhoek on Tuesday.

(Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

Financial inclusion survey to guide policy, targets 95% inclusion by 2035

WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – Director General of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Kaire Mbuende says the findings of th...

WINDHOEK, 22 June 2026 - The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Chief Executive Officer Emilia Nghikembua.

(Photo contributed) NAMPA

NAM-CSIRT records sharp increase in cyber threats during second quarter

WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) - The Namibia Cyber Security Incident Response Team (NAM-CSIRT) has recorded a sharp increase in cybe...

BoN engages Meatco on livestock sector performance

WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – A delegation from the Bank of Namibia on Tuesday visited the Meat Corporation of Namibia's (Meatc...

Justina Shuumbwa

WINDHOEK, 21 July 2026 - Special Advisor and Head of the Upstream Petroleum Unit in the Office of the President Kornelia Shilunga (second left) pictured with a delegation from the Namibia Oil and Gas Conference (NOGC). (Photo: Contributed)

Presidency calls for greater local participation ahead of NOGC

WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – The Head of the Upstream Petroleum Unit in the Office of the Presidency, Kornelia Shilunga, has c...

Justina Shuumbwa

WINDHOEK, 21 July 2026 - Head of Business Development and Strategy at the Namibia Investment and Finance Academy (NIFA) Morris Kalunduka (L) and the Chief Executive Officer of the Namibia Trade Forum Rodney !Hoaeb (R) pictured after the signing of a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening stakeholder cooperation and enhancing the trade readiness of micro, small and medium enterprises. (Photo by: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

NTF, NIFA sign MoU to strengthen MSME trade readiness

WINDHOEK, 21 JUL (NAMPA) – The Namibia Trade Forum (NTF) and the Namibia Investment and Finance Academy (NIFA) on Tuesday si...

Justina Shuumbwa

WINDHOEK, 12 August 2025 - The Bank of Namibia (BoN). (Photo: Contributed)

Namibia’s financial system stable amid global uncertainty: BoN

WINDHOEK, 21 JUL (NAMPA) – Namibia’s financial system remains stable, sound and resilient despite heightened global macro-...

TSUMEB, 11 August 2017 - Vice-President and Managing Director of Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb Zebra Kasete. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Deep Yellow awards N$392.6 million contracts to Namibian firms

WINDHOEK, 21 JUL (NAMPA) - Deep Yellow has awarded civil and concrete construction contracts worth N$392.6 million to two 100%...

OTJIWARONGO, 27 April 2026 - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General, Paulus Noa speaks at Otjiwarongo on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Noa urges successor to uphold law, resist pressure

WINDHOEK, 20 JUL (NAMPA) – Former Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general Paulus Noa has urged his successor, Brya...

WINDHOEK, 13 May 2025 - Electricity Control Board (ECB) CEO Robert Kahimise speaks on the Nampower bulk tariff increment for the 2025/2026 financial period. (Photo by: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

ECB approves 3.7 per cent NamPower bulk tariff hike

WINDHOEK, 20 JUL (NAMPA) – The Electricity Control Board (ECB) has approved a 3.7 per cent increase in NamPower’s bulk ele...

‘Business as usual’ era is over: Sankwasa

SWAKOPMUND, 20 JUL (NAMPA) – Minister of Urban and Rural Development James Sankwasa has warned that the era of ‘business a...

OSHAKATI, 16 July 2026 - (from right to left) -The chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Youth, Civic Relations and Community Development, Maralyn Mbakera. (Photo: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA)

Youth fund should offer grants and ease loan requirements: Mbakera

OMUTHIYA, 18 JUL (NAMPA) – Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Youth, Civic Relations and Comm...

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - Prof Johan Coetzee of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) speaking at the Effective Communicators Conference (ECC26) on Friday. (Photo by: MICT)

Coetzee calls for coordinated communication to support NDP6

SWAKOPMUND, 18 JUL (NAMPA) – Namibia requires a coordinated, whole-of-government communication strategy to support implement...

OSHAKATI, 17 July 2026 - The National Planning Commission Director General Kaire Mbuende at the high-level stakeholder engagement on capital projects for the 2026/27 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework in Oshakati on Friday. (Photo: Contributed)

NPC calls for stronger oversight of public infrastructure projects

OSHAKATI, 17 JUL (NAMPA) - National Planning Commission (NPC) Director General Kaire Mbuende has called for stronger monitorin...

Naloba calls for faster border reforms to boost Namibia-SA trade

WINDHOEK, 17 JUL (NAMPA) – The president of the Namibia Local Businesses Association (Naloba), Erastus Shapumba, on Friday c...

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - Erongo Regional Council Chief Regional Officer, Sem Ntelamo participates in a panel discussion on Service Delivery and Managing the Narrative at the Effective Communicators Conference. (Photo by: MICT)

Strengthened partnerships crucial for service delivery narrative

SWAKOPMUND, 17 JUL (NAMPA) – Stronger collaboration between government communicators and the media is essential to improve p...