Development Bank of Namibia encourages enterprise and infrastructure borrowing in //Karas and Hardap Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) Senior Communication Manager Jerome Mutumba has announced that the Bank is visiting southern Namibia to encourage borrowing to establish larger enterprises, SMEs and infrastructure. Information sessions are being held in Rehoboth, Mariental, Lüderitz and Oranjemund. Talking…
Standard Bank’s unique Buy-a-Brick exhibition stand of a corrugated iron shack scooped Gold prize at this year’s Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show, which ended last Saturday. The stand which was located in the Maerua Hall drew interest from the public and was also visited by the Minister of Urban and Rural Development and the Chief…
Forty-seven year-old Namibian radiographer, Renathe Gawanas, from Katutura, Windhoek, is one of the first female entrepreneurs to establish her own X-ray services centre. Fifteen years ago Gawanas made a bold decision to quit her job. She took her pension fund and invested it her own business. Today, she is the sole owner of Medical X-Ray…
The 147-room Town Lodge Windhoek hotel has opened its doors to guests, providing a brand new accommodation offering to meet the needs of business and leisure travellers in Namibia’s capital city. Part of the Johannesburg-headquartered City Lodge Hotel Group, the hotel is the 13th Town Lodge in the group, complementing 10 Town Lodges in South…
The FNB Namibia Holdings Foundation Trust has supported DEGNOS (Service and Witness North East Centre) Primary School with an amount of N$ 272 256 towards the upliftment and education of the SAN people in the poorest and most vulnerable Northern and Eastern part of Namibia (Zambezi, Oshikoto and Tsumkwe regions). Revonia Kahivere, FNB Corporate Social…
The automotive industry and perspective car buyers have not been spared by the repercussions of the recession, with car sales declining by N$300 million in the first quarter of 2017. Fortunately, Standard Bank’s decline is still less than that of some of its competitors and as such, Standard Bank has dedicated itself to supporting the…
Standard Bank in collaboration with the Namibia Business Innovation Institute (NBII) will be hosting an innovative App development competition (Hackathon) aimed at benefitting the Bank’s Buy-A-Brick initiative this weekend. The hackathon will see various participants competing to build mobile applications for the initiative to aid in its fundraising efforts. The Bank’s flagship Buy-a-Brick initiative was…
FNB Namibia has launched a campaign in which employees as well as the general public are advised of the culture of zero tolerance for misconduct upheld at FNB Namibia in all aspects of business. “Today, more than ever it seems as if corruption, fraud, theft, negligence or misconduct is rife worldwide and if not…
A phone tower in Leonardville has collapsed, knocking out voice calling and internet service for all in the area. The MTC owned tower collapsed on Saturday afternoon, 30 September 2017, leaving all TN Mobile and 78 WiMAX customers connected to the Leonardville base station without services. The cause of the collapse has not been confirmed…
On 27 September 2017 WesBank, a division of FNB Namibia, held their annual dealers function at which outstanding dealers were rewarded for their value- added relations with FNB Namibia and to thank them for their commitment towards the business and the positive effect it has on WesBank and FNB Namibia. Winners in a variety of…