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Record turnout marks Oranjemund corporate golf day
New Era
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Hilma Nalupe The Oranjemund Golf Club was a hive of activity this past Saturday. It hosted its third consecutive corporate golf day, an event that has fast become a highlight on the town’s social and sporting calendar. A record-breaking 92...
NCDMB urges African oil producers to seek cheaper financing
The Sun Nigeria
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August 18, 2025
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has tasked oil producing nations, especially in Africa, to introduce dedicated fund schemes at single digit interest rates which local service companies and manufacturers could access...
The financial impact of climate change in Namibia
Windhoek Observer
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Veruscka Gertze Namibia is already feeling the true cost effects of climate change. It’s no longer theoretical. Unpredictable weather, increasing droughts, and unpredictable seasons are already changing how we farm, build, invest, and make plans...
88 Energy exits Texas production venture, banks $3.25m via asset sale
Proactive UK
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August 18, 2025
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) has agreed to sell its 75% non-operated working interest in Project Longhorn, a package of producing oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin, in Texas. It is selling the package of assets to operator...
Namibia ratifies convention to protect workers with family obligations
The Namibian
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August 17, 2025
Namibia ratified a convention promoting the accommodation of family needs and responsibilities for workers on Thursday. The International Labour Organisation Convention No 156 aims to support workers whose obligations to their immediate family...
Namibia ratifies convention on workers with family responsibilities
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
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Namibia has ratified a convention of workers with family responsibilities. Convention 156 applies to men and women workers with responsibilities in relation to their dependent children and their immediate families, where such responsibilities...
In Namibia, India shows a new way to engage Africa
The Hindu
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August 17, 2025
In his address to Namibia’s National Assembly in July this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi quoted a Namibian poet, invoked the symbolism of the Welwitschia mirabilis plant (the national plant) and the Springbok, and sprinkled his remarks with...
Gondwana scoops five wins at Best of Namibia 2025 Awards
The Namibian
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August 17, 2025
Gondwana Collection Namibia has been named one of the standout winners at the Best of Namibia 2025 Awards, taking home five honours across key accommodation, travel and transport categories. In the accommodation division, Etosha Safari Lodge was...
Namibia joins 37 other countries in adopting ICT initiative for remote monitoring, evaluation of development projects
Fresh Angle
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Namibia has become the latest country to adopt cutting-edge technology for development project management, as senior government officials and the African Development Bank jointly launched the transformative Remote Appraisal, Supervision,...
Namibia ratifies ILO convention to promote family-friendly workplace policies
Informante
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August 16, 2025
Staff Reporter NAMIBIA has made significant progress by ratifying the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 156, which promotes measures that accommodate family needs within employment policies. This announcement was made by...
Namibia targets gender gap in aviation
The Namibian
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August 16, 2025
The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) on Friday launched Women in Aviation Namibia, a national initiative aimed at increasing women’s participation in one of the country’s most male-dominated industries. NAC board deputy chairperson Elize Petersen...
Namibia adopts AfDB’s RASME, joins 37 African countries in digital project monitoring drive
Business Hallmark
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August 16, 2025
Namibia has become the latest African nation to embrace digital innovation in development project oversight, following the official launch of the Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation (RASME) initiative in Windhoek. The African...
Namibia pledges billions to expand water and sanitation access
South Africa Today
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August 16, 2025
The Republic of Namibia has pledged to scale up investment in water and sanitation infrastructure through domestic financing, concessional loans, grants and private partnerships in a bid to ensure universal access to safe water and adequate...
Namibia and Madagascar explore new avenues for bilateral cooperation
Informante
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August 16, 2025
Staff Reporter THE Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, met with Madagascar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rafaravavitafika Rasata, to explore strategic avenues for expanding the relationship between Namibia and...
Namibia Joins 37 Other Countries In Adopting Information And Communications Technology (ICT) Initiative For Remote Monitoring And Evaluation Of Development Projects
MENAFN
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August 16, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Namibia has become the latest country to adopt cutting-edge technology for development project management, as senior government officials and the African Development Bank ( ) jointly launched the transformative Remote...
Namibian ports authority cancels key Luderitz energy support project
ETEnergyworld.com
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August 16, 2025
Windhoek: The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) cancelled a pre-qualification tender for a new oil and gas supply base at Luderitz just days after launching it and without explanation, its Facebook page showed on Friday. The sudden cancellation...
Namibia pledges bigger investment, public-private partnerships to tackle water security
Xinhua News Agency
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CAPE TOWN, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform Inge Zaamwani on Friday pledged the government's commitment to closing the water and sanitation investment gap. Zaamwani made the remarks on the...
Namibia urged to usher in stability clause to cool investor fears
Upstream
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Billions of dollars of upstream investments could be at risk if Namibia’s new government does not ensure fiscal stability clauses are incorporated into its petroleum legislation, listeners were told during the Southern Africa session in Upstream's...
Namibia tops Africa in Greenfield FDI
New Era
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Namibia has been ranked first in Africa and second overall in the 2025 reading of the Greenfield FDI Performance Index. Greenfield investments are described as a form of foreign direct investment (FDI) where a parent company starts a new venture...
A Democratic Economy in Windhoek?
The Namibian
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August 16, 2025
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah recently announced the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP-6) towards Vision 2030. However, developing Namibia into a prosperous and industrialised country by 2030 is not even a speck on the horizon given the...