Much has been written about mentoring in past years. Mentoring is best described as a developmental process – dynamic and unique to each person. Mentoring is not only a tool for transferring knowledge and skills but is also a learning partnership between employees for purposes of sharing technical information, institutional knowledge and insight about a…
The Cancer Association of Namibia, is advancing it services in the fight against cancer in Namibia. We are developing our new clinical breast examination department and will introduce Breast Sonography screening for the Namibian Community. To this end we invite Namibian women, especially those above age 40, who may have experienced lumps, nipple discharge or…
More than 20 young Small and Medium Enterprise. (SME) owners benefited from an entrepreneur roundtable held by SMEs Compete here on Tuesday. The gathering was aimed at helping to improve business performance and competitiveness in the Namibian SME sector. A media statement issued by the consultancy firm said experienced business owners shared their business skills…
The Chinese business community remains one of Namibia’s strongest allies as it continues to vastly contribute to the socio-economic development of the country. As such, Standard Bank continues to cement its strong ties with Chinese business community further enhancing Namibia/China business relations in the country. To this end, the Bank recently hosted an engagement for…
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been navigating a tougher economic climate over the last five years and while Namibia’s outlook is looking positive, it’s important to acknowledge that the challenging cycle is by no means behind us. SMEs and consumers thus need to continue to plan properly and tread with caution. FNB Head of…
Last month marked the celebration of 400 editions of the Bank Windhoek Money Matters column. In 2006, Bank Windhoek took the lead with consumer education in Namibia when Money Matters was introduced as a bi-weekly column in three daily newspapers. The Money Matters column was launched as an initiative to communicate matters of interest about…
Award winning Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker, Ekow Mensah, who is also the founder of Torch Bearers’ Africa, has successfully hosted the second edition of his annual signature event, Igniting Dreams Conference at British Council, Accra on the 21st of April, 2018. The Conference which he launched in 2017 in celebration of his birthday, is aimed…
Standard Bank Namibia and Moody’s Investor Services, held a business engagement for about 50 public and private sector clients in Windhoek recently. Moody’s Investors Service, often referred to as Moody’s, is a leading provider of credit ratings, research and risk analysis. Representatives from Moody’s were in Windhoek to conduct a series of courtesy visits with…
Bank Windhoek is proud to announce the addition of Damara/Nama, Rukwangali and Silozi to its ATM network. The additional languages bring the total number of language options on our ATMs to eight. Bank Windhoek is the first and only Namibian bank to have made this innovative leap and its customers can now transact in Afrikaans,…
First National Bank Namibia wishes to warn against a recent increase in unsolicited mails to customers – most of which have been confirmed as phishing mails and have been shut down by the bank. These mails seemingly warn the customer that the bank has supposedly detected suspicious activity on their account and then requests the…