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Namibian Beef Secures Spot on German Menus
By Staff Reporter Namibian beef will be served at Block House restaurants across Germany starting 20 September 2025, following a landmark agreement between Namibian producers, South Trade GmbH, and Eugen Block Holding GmbH. Namibian beef, globally recognized for its free-range, grass-fed, and sustainable production, will debut as a monthly rump steak special across 42 Block…
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PostNet Expands Across Borders: Windhoek and Gaborone Get Ready to Welcome SA’s Leading Business Services Brand
PostNet, South Africa’s leading business-to-business franchise, is taking a giant leap beyond its borders with the opening of two brand-new stores in Windhoek, Namibia and Gaborone, Botswana, both set to open their doors this October. With a network of over 500 thriving stores across South Africa, and a proud franchising legacy dating back to 1994,…
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Africa Marketing Confederation Founders Win Global CIM Honour
By Staff Reporter The African Marketing Confederation (AMC) announced that its co-founders, Nigel Tattersall and Helen McIntee-Carlisle, received the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Honorary Fellowship during the AMC Conference in Johannesburg. The award recognises their exceptional leadership, innovation, and decades-long contributions to advancing the marketing profession across Africa. The CIM Honorary Fellowship is among…
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Africa Urged to Leverage Climate Loss and Damage Fund
By Staff Reporter African cities are urged to tap into the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), established at COP27, to build resilience against worsening climate impacts threatening lives, livelihoods, and sustainable urban development across the continent. Africa contributes just 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet seven of the world’s ten most…
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Of Tongues, Texts, and Twilight Birds — The Torch of Henry Makata Buiswalelo
As African tradition would have it, the passing of a baobab-scaled storyteller ink still damp in the tongue of his people shakes the ancestral soil and, like a quake beneath the planet’s library, tilts every shelf from village hut to distant tower of world letters. When Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o stepped through the final page of…
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Luanda to Host Landmark AU Infrastructure Financing Summit
By Staff Reporter Luanda will host Africa’s biggest Infrastructure Financing Summit from 28–31 October 2025, bringing together heads of state, investors, and development partners to mobilise funding for critical projects under the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Organised by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the Government of Angola, the…
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China-Trade Fair Strengthens Trade, Investment and Partnerships
By Staff Reporter China-Namibia Investment and Trade Fair held on 4 –11 September 2025, brought government officials, business leaders, and international delegations together to strengthen cooperation, explore investment opportunities, and promote sustainable bilateral economic growth. The inaugural fair, co-hosted by the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Namibia (ACEN), the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board…
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Shelter Afrique, Afreximbank Partner to Unlock $1bn
By Staff Reporter Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a landmark Joint Project Preparation Facility (JPPF) agreement on Thursday in Algeria, Algers expected to unlock more than US$1 billion in investments to transform housing and urban development across Africa. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the…
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Namibia Pushes Action Over Promises at Hydrogen Summit
By Staff Reporter Namibia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industries , Mines and Energy , Hon. Natangue Ithete urged global leaders, investors, and industry players at the Global Africa Hydrogen Summit to transform promises into tangible actions for citizens’ benefit. Speaking at the opening session on Wednesday, Hon. Ithete stressed that green industrialisation offers…
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SASSCAL Delegation Meets Prime Minister on Climate Resilience
By Staff Reporter A delegation from the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL), led by newly appointed Executive Director , Professor Nelago Indongo, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister , Dr. Tjitunga Elijah Ngurare on Monday to discuss climate resilience, scientific collaboration, and food security. The meeting…
