Bank Windhoek is proud to announce the top 20 Bank Windhoek BizzKids competition finalists. A total number of 63 creative and innovative business plans were received this year. The young aspiring entrepreneurs will put their ideas and skills to the test at the Bank Windhoek BizzKids Market, scheduled to take place on Friday, 27 and…
Windhoek, Khomas Region. On the 26th of September, the “Brown Paper Bag” Universities Tourism Debate was hosted at the NUST Hotel School. The event in its entirety was sponsored by B2Gold Namibia. The three most prominent Namibian tertiary institutions participated in the event, namely the Namibia University of Science & Technology (NUST), the International…
At a recently held event in the capital, Executive Chairman of EOS Capital, Johannes Gawaxab, outlined that the key to getting sustainability right in public and private institutions was to first get the corporate governance right. Gawaxab made the remarks at a Nedbank Namibia Corporate and Investment Banking luncheon, which was also attended by Leon…
With the local economic uncertainty, more investors are seeking the protection of a diversified global portfolio. A number of myths and uncertainties, however, tend to accompany offshore investing – but achieving success and maximising outcomes need not be as unattainable as many imagine. Offshore Banking or International Personal Banking has, in fact, become much more…
Over the years Standard Bank has dedicated itself to putting smiles on the faces children who suffer from birth defects such as cleft lip or cleft palate through the Nampharm Foundation Trust. As such the Bank was honoured to once again partner with the foundation, through its corporate social responsibility, by celebrating that partnership on…
No Namibian girls should stay away from school because of the lack of sanitary necessities. This is the momentum with which employees of Standard Bank’s northern branches and agencies recently donated toiletries and a number of sanitary items to over 300 disadvantaged school girls of the Oshikunde Combined School in the Okongo Constituency of…
Pioneering Namibian-based payment startup, PayToday, has recently introduced business payments, including fuel stations, to its already very successful peer-to-peer payment App. PayToday had a soft launch in March this year, but the initial version of the App only facilitated informal person to person payments. At the beginning of September, PayToday launched its business section…
21 September 2017: MultiChoice Namibia today announced the upcoming launch of an exciting new GOtv package called GOtv Max which will take entertainment to the maximum! From Sunday, 1 October 2017, GOtv Max which will further unlock GOtv’s world of entertainment to more quality content at great value. “Great entertainment has always been a key focus…
“Over the past couple of weeks, the Namibian Road sector has been in the news for a variety of reasons, be it financially or with regard to the upkeep of numerous roads used by companies, individuals and tourists alike. Fact is, we are currently lagging behind when it comes to road and rail infrastructure, something…
DBN Senior Communication Manager Jerome Mutumba explains how and why DBN supports social transformation through education In terms of the third pillar of the Fifth National Development Plan (NDP5) concerning social transformation, Namibia requires substantial and targeted activity in the field of education. This encompasses early education, primary and secondary education, tertiary education and…