Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) on Monday announced that it will end its sponsorship towards the popular Namibian Annual Music Awards (NAMAs) next year, which will mark the 10th anniversary of the event. The announcement was made by Chief of Human Capital and Corporate Affairs, Tim Ekandjo during the 2019 NAMA prize-giving and call for entries…
Students from the Namibia University of Science and Technology’s Health Information Systems Management Society on Friday donated various items to the Orlindi place of safety in Katutura. The students handed over food, basic toiletries, blankets, and clothes. The Orlindi place of safety was established in 1992 and takes care of over 25 orphans and vulnerable…
Namib Desert Diamonds (NAMDIA) on Thursday donated sanitary pads to the value of N. dollars 10 000 to four different charities. The donation is a joint venture between NAMDIA and an employee at the diamond company, Monica Shapua, who thought it would be a great humanitarian initiative in support of the Namibian girl-child. Speaking at…
Auas Motors officially handed over an Isuzu D-Max bakkie to the Black-footed Cat Research Project. The vehicle is valued at over N$ 428 000 and is part of a three-year sponsorship agreement between Auas Motors and the Black-footed Cat Working Group. The Black-footed Cat Working Group aims to conserve the rare Black-footed cat species by…
After its recent gender-based violence (GBV) Knockout Project, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) formed a steering committee to single out an appropriate GBV organisation to fund from the proceeds of the boxing event. The company raised N.dollars 841 320 of its targeted goal of N.dollars 1 million through sponsorships from other companies and ticket sales to…
Namibia’s leading digital partner, MTC formally recognized 13 Namibian corporates for being outstanding partners in sports at this year’s Namibia Annual Sports Awards. The Namibia Annual Sports Awards was recently concluded in Ondangwa on Saturday, 26 October 2019. “We realize that we went about this the wrong way all along, we would always ask what…
Today is PINK DAY in Namibia, and I am overwhelmed by the immense support and dedication by media partners and corporate Namibia who have stood in solidarity with CAN to “paint the country pink” in support of women fighting cancer, in particular breast cancer. With more than 55,5% of Namibian cancer patients diagnosed with cancer…
The Dagbreek School for the Intellectually Impaired’s elite cycling team are stepping up their preparations for the annual Nedbank Desert Dash, following their participation in last weekend’s Marathon Sugar Three Mountain Passes cycle tour. “The weekend’s races certainly tested both the fitness and endurance of our boys and showed us the areas in which we…
On Monday, 21 October 2019, the NamPower Foundation handed over 150 solar lights to the Legal Assistance Centre in Windhoek. The LAC will donate the solar lights to 150 pupils in the Zambezi region as part of the LAC’s advocacy programme on environmental and wildlife protection in the Zambezi region. Since August, the LAC is…
Namibia has reached global maritime safety standards by upgrading it’s Navigational Telex (NAVTEX) system. The NAVTEX project is considered a major milestone for Namibia as a coastal State and budding maritime logistics hub. “I have no doubt that the investment into this state-of-the-art system will not only up our game in safety on our shores…