Coinciding with Africa Day on Tuesday, 25 May 2021, Brand Africa announced Bank Windhoek as Namibia’s Most Admired Local Financial Services brand. Brand Africa’s founder, Thebe Ikalafeng, shared the news at an annual Leadership event hosted virtually. The event unveiled the leading brands in Africa for 2020/ 2021. Bank Windhoek’s Executive Officer of Marketing and Corporate…
The world is waking up to Africa’s creative power, and it is more important than ever for us to take this opportunity as we continue developing our creative industries. As we mark Africa Week, Yolisa Phahle, CEO General Entertainment and Connected Video at MultiChoice, emphasises the economic benefits of investing in our local industry and…
Bank Windhoek was presented with the prestigious Sustainable Development Award as the best Green Financial Institution in Namibia. Hosted by the Namibian Environmental Investment Fund in partnership with the Sustainable Development Advisory Council, the Sustainable Development Awards took place at the Safari Hotel Conference Centre in Windhoek. In her acceptance remarks, Bank Windhoek’s Managing Director,…
Lewis Stores Namibia in March allocated N$100 000 in support of children fighting cancer in Namibia and recently handed over the donation to the CHICA (Children Fighting Cancer) Namibia programme of the Cancer Association of Namibia (WO30). The donation forms part of Lewis Stores Namibia’s corporate social investment programme to support projects that positively impact…
Namibians favourably received the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Namibia’s decision during April, when the committee decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 3.75% to support domestic economic activity. The country’s low repo rate coupled with the rollout of the COVID-19 national vaccination plan already delivers positive indicators for an economy…
The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA Global) encourages internal auditors around the world to participate in this important celebration in May; to promote the Internal Audit profession to their audit customers, executive management, boards of directors, students, and others in the business community. Samantha Maletzky is an Audit Specialist at Nedbank Namibia. She holds…
MTC has been named Namibia’s Most Admired Brand for the 2nd year running. The announcement was made virtually during the annual Brand Africa Leadership announcement which took place on the 25th May 2021 coinciding with Africa Day. This year, Brand Leadership added a new category titled Most Admired Brand during COVID in Namibia and MTC…
Rössing Uranium will commemorate the 30th anniversary of sponsorship of the Rössing National Championship marathon on 19 June 2021. In a media statement availed to Nampa on Monday, corporate communications manager, Daylight Ekandjo, said the event will be celebrated with a virtual marathon. “It is to ensure that we adhere to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions…
First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) has committed N.dollars 3 million towards four Namibian rugby clubs for the next three years. The clubs include Rehoboth Rugby Club, Reho Falcons Rugby Club, Kudu Rugby Club and the Grootfontein Rugby Club. FNB in a media statement issued on Monday also announced that three other clubs, namely, Unam…
Evalistus Joao, an 18-year-old grade 11 student from Rundu Secondary School joined the KAYEC school supporting centre in 2018 and has experienced great improvements, not only in his mental well-being but also as an academic scholar. “Since joining, my self-esteem has improved, and I am a high performer at school. Before KAYEC I used to…