The Bank of Namibia on Monday launched and activated the modified N$20 banknote at Opuwo. The modified N$20 note contains the signature of the current central bank governor, Johannes !Gawaxab. The N$20 and N$200 notes were last reprinted in 2018. !Gawaxab said this at the launch that was held in Opuwo to promote financial inclusion.  […]

President Hage Geingob touched down at the Eros Airport this afternoon. Dr. Geingob participated in the African Union’s 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. President Geingob joined 49 other African presidents at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. While there, Geingob outlined regional efforts to […]

Learners of St. Therese Secondary and Nowak Primary Schools at Tses Village in ||Kharas Region can now broaden their knowledge through reading books, thanks to a library donation. Various international members of the Rotary Network funded the library housed in one of the Nowak Primary School classrooms. A German couple, Barbara and Wolfgang Mathea, initiated the […]

The Namibian government is doing all it can to address unemployment, which has become a cause for concern. The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klazen, says people are forced to live below the standard of dignity enjoyed by those who are gainfully employed. Klazen made these remarks at the opening of the Men […]

A local economist, Salomo Hei, says despite education receiving the lion’s share of the budget over the years, Namibia is unable to reap the dividends from this investment. Hei was giving a presentation ahead of the national budget that will be tabled this week. “From 1990 to date, for every one dollar that GRN has […]

41 African countries have now submitted their tariffs to the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA) . Namibia and four other members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) submitted as a group and notified the AU summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This year’s summit mainly focused on garnering greater commitment to accelerate the implementation […]

The 36th ordinary session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government has decided to maintain the suspensions of Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Sudan from the continental body. The four countries have been under military rule following coups between 2020 and 2022. Following the ECOWAS recommendation to the AU, Mali, Burkina Faso, […]

Namibia has welcomed and endorsed the Peace and Security Report, presented during the 36th ordinary session of the AU Assembly. The report of the AU Peace and Security Council further recommended the promotion of national ownership and leadership of the flagship project of silencing the guns within the context of Agenda 2063. This calls for […]

The Bank of Namibia (BoN) and Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA) have prioritized trade facilitation through payment system integration enabled by digital capabilities as a means of realizing the efficient movement of goods and services between the two countries. The two banks strengthened their bilateral relations through the signing of a memorandum of agreement. In a […]

The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klazen, says not all men sitting on the side of the road, attempting to look for work, are criminals. Klazen said this at the official opening of the Men on the Side of the Road (MSR) office in Kuisebmund, Walvis Bay. MSR was established in 2007 and […]