Month: October 2022

TotalEnergies SE said an oil discovery off Namibia could be a “giant”, boosting speculation that the country is home to a prolific new hydrocarbon basin.

Mobile Telecommunications Limited’s national network improvement programme continues to make inroads in underserviced areas, with five more new sites added onto the national network in the Ohangwena region, bringing the total number of sites in Ohangwena to 16.

Owing to the profitability indexes, Namibia’s financial sector is dominantly occupied by foreign investors and most of the profits recorded leave the country to parent companies outside Namibia.

Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) and the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) have formalised their cooperation with an agreement signed on 28 September 2022.

Suicide has been a threat to many dreams and hopes in the past, and managed to destroy life with purpose. Life itself is a difficult exam, so difficult that some choose to die by committing suicide rather than living. 

Some Namibians, both Swapo members and those from certain opposition parties, as well as some daily newspapers have a vendetta against President Hage G Geingob. 

Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Doreen Sioka has urged communities to allow children to be children, while calling on Namibian children to say no to harmful practices affecting them.

Namibia acquired a loan of N$2.3 billion from the African Development Bank to co-finance the second phase of Namibia’s governance and economic recovery support programme (GERSP II).

Two politicians and an academic are set to compete for the position of Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) paramount chief (PC).

The Cavema Joint Venture has accused the Namibia Fishing Industries and Fishermen Workers Union of being responsible for the resignation of over 600
fishermen.