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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)
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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

OPUWO, 22 July 2026- Kunene Region Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua, Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi and Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer Mbahupu Hippy Tjivikua during a briefing following the minister’s inspection of ongoing infrastructure projects in the region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

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...

WINDHOEK, 22 July 2026 - Experts and representatives from the banking and non-banking financial sectors and development partners at the inaugural Sustainable Finance Workshop, convened on 20 July 2026 in Windhoek by the Namibia Sustainable Finance Alliance in collaboration with the Bank of Namibia and RMB Namibia under the theme, “Where the System Is Breaking Down: Gaps and Constraints.” (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

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...

SWAKOPMUND, 20 July 2026 - Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele (far left), Swakopmund Councillor Charlene Audrey Hartung (middle) and Deputy Executive Director Christela Mwenyo attending the opening of the 2026 Annual Rural Development Progress Review and Planning Workshop in Swakopmund on Monday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

‘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...

NamWater launches N$219.7 million Keetmanshoop pipeline project

KEETMANSHOOP, 17 JUL (NAMPA) – NamWater on Thursday launched the N$219.7 million Naute-Keetmanshoop Water Pipeline Replaceme...

Garises Joe-chintha

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Communications strategist Hilda Basson-Namundjebo speaking at the Effective Communicators Conference in Swakopmund on Thursday. (Photo by: MICT)

Only communication earns a social licence: Basson-Namundjebo

SWAKOPMUND, 17 JUL (NAMPA) – Government approval is not enough to secure public support for major projects such as green hyd...

WINDHOEK, 11 October 2024 - Jona Musheko has joined the Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme as Manager for External Affairs and Communications. (Photo: Contributed)

CORRECTION: Green hydrogen comms draws N$2 billion: Musheko

ATTENTION - CORRECTION: STORY CORRECTS CURRENCY IN HEADLINE, INTRO AND PARA 12 FROM US$ TO N$ SWAKOPMUND, 16 JUL (NAMPA) – ...

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) communications manager Paulo Coelho, speaking at the Effective Communicators Conference (ECC26) in Swakopmund, in a session titled “Public Engagement and Building Public Trust.”

(Photo by: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

Oil and gas sector has trust gap: Coelho

SWAKOPMUND, 17 JUL (NAMPA) – The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has acknowledged a “trust gap” betwe...

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Namibian Sun Editor in Chief and Chairperson of the Editors’ Forum Toivo Ndjebela on Thursday at the Effective Communicators Conference at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

Humility, trust key to building strong brands: Ekandjo

SWAKOPMUND, 17 JUL (NAMPA) – Building public trust through humility and strengthening defences against misinformation emerge...

OTJIWARONGO 16 July 2026 - The Otjiwarongo Municipality's Strategic Executive for Finance, Claudia Hamukwaya receives nine Toyota Hilux singe-cab for the municipality from the Indongo Toyota Otjiwarongo on Thursday morning. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Otjiwarongo municipality acquires new fleet

OTJIWARONGO, 16 JUL (NAMPA) – The Otjiwarongo Municipality has acquired a new fleet of ten vehicles to address the persisten...

Mulisa Simiyasa

EENHANA, 03 July 2026 - Ohangwena Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa delivering her State of the Region Address. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

Hamutumwa calls for market access strategy

OSHAKATI, 16 JUL (NAMPA) – Ohangwena Governor, Kadiva Hamutumwa, has called on government to complement the National Youth D...

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and 5G technology are set to transform Namibia’s mining, energy, finance and healthcare sectors, Huawei Technologies Namibia Board Director Jason Xu said on Thursday.

Xu was speaking at the Official Opening of the Effective Communicators Conference (ECC26) in Swakopmund, where Huawei is the main sponsor, positioning the company as a strategic partner in Namibia’s digital transformation.

(Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

AI to reshape Namibia’s key sectors: Huawei

SWAKOPMUND, 16 JUL (NAMPA) – Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and 5G technology are set to transform Namibia’s min...

WINDHOEK, 25 May 2026 - MTC Corporate Communications Practitioner, Erasmus Nekundi. (Photo: Contributed)

MTC opens first mobile home in Okongo

OSHAKATI, 16 JUL (NAMPA) – Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) has officially opened its first Mobile Home in Okongo, gi...