Submission for entries now open Africa Magic, in association with MultiChoice Nigeria, today announced that entries are now being accepted for the seventh edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA). Entries open Wednesday, 13 November and close Friday, 13 December 2019. The AMVCAs were created to celebrate the contribution of African filmmakers, actors,…
By Riaan Viljoen* Information Security Specialist at Capricorn Group With Black Friday fast approaching worldwide, and its online equivalent, Cyber Monday, a few days later, the number of online deals during this time will far outnumber those available in stores. To distinguish between a legitimate deal (or website) and one simply out to steal your…
In its drive to continue supporting government initiatives, as well as the Growth At the Home policy, Ohorongo Cement partnered with a local entrepreneur, Carbo Namibia, a Namibian manufacturer and exporter of charcoal products. Carbo Namibia is the biggest and one of eight charcoal suppliers to Ohorongo Cement, therefore the decision by Ohorongo to assist…
Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC Namibia) recently pioneered a new type of base transmitter station; the Tubestar macro base station at Osona Village Estates, some 50 kilometers north of Windhoek. As opposed to conventional network towers, a Tubestar macro base station is a single pier hollowed structure centrally located Base transmission station. This allows the entire…
On 22 November 2019, the Banker Association of Namibia (BAN) will enhance their stationery drive with the Shake-a-tin drive which will take place at various intersections in Windhoek with the aim of collecting funds to purchase much-needed stationery items. Sarel van Zyl, current Chairman of the BAN encouraged everyone to participate in this drive and…
The fifth annual Afro-Future Festival is set to take place at the Theatre School in Windhoek on Saturday. The festival is a celebration of African fashion, music, and art. Festival founder Zodidi Gaseb told Nampa on Tuesday this year’s edition is a blend of the past, the present and the future of natural hair and…
Windhoek, 19 November 2019 – The festive season is upon us and several people are looking forward to an adventurous camping holiday alongside the coastline of Namibia. Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) is therefore pleased to inform the holidaymakers that it has done significant upgrades to its camping sites at Mile108 and reduced its camping fees…
In support of its commitment to, and passion for environmental sustainability, Pick n Pay (PnP) Namibia – a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group – appointed and signed a contract with BEE (Be Energy Efficient) Biofuel Manufacturing to safely dispose of all its used cooking oil (UCO). “Reusing cooking oil is a common…
The MVA Fund today, 15 November 2019 recorded yet another milestone with the opening of its Katutura Satellite Office, located at the Katutura Medical Centre – Unit 13, Erf 8086, Independence Avenue. The new satellite office is established in line with the Fund’s objective to increase customer awareness of its benefits and products. Most importantly,…
Winner of the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) 2019 Innovation Award, Pulsar Electronic Solutions proposed a smart metering platform to enable household and enterprise electricity users to control their electricity usage remotely using mobile devices. Although the Bank is actively engaged in financing additional generation and transmission capacity, it also recognises that streamlining and economizing…