The first lady of Namibia yesterday handed over 1050 hand-made Christmas gift cards and gift packs which included toiletries to inmates in the Windhoek Correctional Facility. They received these gifts as part of the ‘Our thoughts are with you during Christmas’ campaign, an initiative by Radio Kosmos 94.1 Managing Director Kolie van Coller in collaboration…
There will be zero deaths in Namibia that can be attributed to the lack of food. This is the projected goal and outcome of the Harambee Prosperity Plan’s pillar on Social Progression (HPP). The plan further states that one of the most visible manifestation of poverty is in the form of hunger. Bank Windhoek and…
Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region – Close to 800 elderly members of the Otavi community and surrounding areas were treated to an early Christmas celebratory lunch on the 5th of December 2017. This is the fifth consecutive year that this event takes place– and it gets bigger each year. The Christmas lunch is an annual joint initiative…
If a business does not face any competition, it has little incentive to lower its prices or improve its products, therefore Competition Laws and Policies are imperative as they seek to ensure that industries are competitive and consumers benefit from them too. While most developed nations have had competition laws and policies in place for…
A series of regional inception workshops to launch the Empower to Adapt: Creating Climate Change Resilient Livelihoods through CBNRM in Namibia or the CBNRM EDA Project kicked off in Rundu, Namibia on 4th December 2017. The Green Climate Fund, a special financial vehicle created through the United Nations Framework to Combat Climate Change, has financed…
Twenty members of the Shack Dwellers Federation Namibia (SDFN) officially received keys to their houses from the Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Hon. Silvia Makgone, at Otavi today (6 December 2017). With an average of four people per household, over 100 people now have decent shelter and a place to call home. The…
According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the association has dealt with non-competitive issues which are of common interest and significance to the banking industry in Namibia over the past 20 years. BAN Chairperson, Baronice Hans, was quoted in the statement as saying that what BAN has achieved as an industry is a milestone. “The…
Bank Windhoek is proud to announce the appointment of Jaqualene (Yvonne) Beukes as its new branch manager it the recently upgraded Outapi Branch with effect from 1 January 2018. Ms. Beukes joined Bank Windhoek in 2006 as the Senior Collateral Officer at Oshakati Branch. She was subsequently promoted to the position of Senior Credit Officer…