By Gregory September Namibia’s sparse population is not a policy failure. It is the verdict of geography – and understanding it reframes some of Africa’s most...
By Des H Rikhotso Southwestern Africa presents a fascinating study in contrasts. Angola and Namibia share a border, similar climates, and abundant natural resources, yet these...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson “We cannot be beggars in the international community when we have abundant resources. We must have the leverage – and even bring them...
By Dishant Shah On paper, Africa is a geological powerhouse. The continent harbors nearly 30 percent of the world’s known reserves of cobalt, lithium, manganese, rare...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson Namibia’s newly elected President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has made history with her groundbreaking cabinet appointments, further solidifying her commitment to gender equality and national...
Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who led Namibia to independence and became its first democratically elected president, has passed away at the age of...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu When the late leader of Iran decided to tour Africa in mid-2023, he chose to visit states in East and Southern Africa....
By Fidel Amakye Owusu With the highest number of countries in the world, being the second-largest continent, and with a diverse sociocultural landscape, the security dynamics...
By Gregory Simpkins Making arrangements to travel often begins early in the year, especially if it involves international travel. The Business Insider Africa website has rated...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Southern Africa was one of the regional security complexes in Africa that was pronouncedly affected by the Cold War. In the 1960s...
Just 16 months after Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez’s state visit to Africa, Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba is reciprocating with a 5-day state visit to Cuba...
Reuters | The candidate from Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, was on course to become the southern African country’s first female leader by winning a...
By James Boafo, Eric Stemn, Jacob Obodai and Philip Nti Nkrumah Global demand for critical minerals, particularly lithium, is growing rapidly to meet clean energy and...
By Henning Melber Hage Gottfried Geingob served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death on February 4 2024. He was Namibia’s first...
AP | Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob died Sunday at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer, and the southern African nation quickly...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In the 1950s, Ghana’s first prime minister and president, Kwame Nkrumah, was clear about what the newly independent state needed – a...
By Caroline Kimeu When Ugandans Maureen Agena and Edward Echwalu arrived at the Lesotho border during their five-month road trip across east and southern Africa, the...
Bloomberg | Namibia’s ruling party elected Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as its vice president, making her the frontrunner to lead the party into presidential and...
Bloomberg | Namibia’s nascent oil industry sees a window of 10 years to get going before the move toward net-zero emissions makes it too late to...
Reuters | Operator TotalEnergies has made a significant discovery of light oil and associated gas off the coast of Namibia, the company said on Thursday. Two...
The Bahamas government has reversed its policy of imposing travel restrictions on persons coming from certain African countries, indicating that the decision had been taken due...
Namibia’s new leader Hage Geingob was on Saturday sworn in as president, three months after he was elected in a landslide victory. Geingob marked his inauguration...
Hage Geingob, 69, is on track to becoming the next president of Namibia. His ruling South West Africa People’s Organization party, (SWAPO) has won a massive...
Polls have opened in presidential and parliamentary elections in the south west African nation of Namibia. About 1.2 million Namibians, about half the population, are eligible...
A request has been made for Namibia to waive the visa requirement for Jamaicans. The call was made by Jamaica’s outgoing Ambassador to Namibia, Norma Taylor...
African banks are set to maximize on trade finance space left by European lenders due to tough capital requirements. However, bureaucracy and inadequate research are two...
Namibian Power utility, NamPower, is pursuing extension of Power Purchase Agreements with some neighboring countries in a bid to subvert power outages. The negotiations with South...
Beer maker SABMiller Namibia will focus on three strategies core to its operations: effectively managing the economic, social and environmental impacts of its business on host...
Nigeria and Namibia have announced a joint oil refinery to maximize cooperation in energy sector. The announcement was made during the two-day official visit of President...
A Mozambique Airlines plane carrying 33 people crashed in a remote border area, killing all on board, Namibian media reported Saturday. The plane crashed in a...
(Reuters) – Investors from Europe, Asia and the United States are not the only ones chasing growth opportunities in Africa these days – Africans themselves are...
(Reuters) – Seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa, have cut the number of new HIV infections in children by 50 percent since 2009, the United Nations AIDS...
The Namibian government on Tuesday announced the first discovery of oil off it’s coast around the Walvis Basin. Namibia has commissioned a Rio de Janeiro-based energy...
Namibia’s finance minister Tuesday gave corporate and individual taxpayers some relief by lowering taxes while announcing government expenditure increases of nearly 20 percent. “The non-mining company...
(Reuters) – Namibia’s trade and industry minister is giving Walmart’s takeover of Massmart Holdings approval, provided it does not lead to job losses within the first...
Namibia says it will not sign a preferential trade deal with the European Union (EU) unless its interests are “adequately considered” and conditions met. The EU...
Namibia claimed her second medal at the 10th edition of the All Africa Games, underway in Maputo, Mozambique. Tjipekapora Herunga (pictured), won a bronze medal when...