Analab expands workforce with inauguration of new laboratory 

By: Selma Taapopi

Analytical Laboratory Services has expanded its operations and now employs approximately 34 staff members, about 60 percent of whom are young people, marking significant growth from the four staff employed when it was established in 1997.

The increase in staff follows the inauguration of a new laboratory in Windhoek on Wednesday, which will complement the company’s original facility in Walvis Bay.

With more than 20 years of experience, the laboratory provides a range of microbiological and chemical testing services including analytical testing of nutritional values in foods and beverages, as well as testing dairy products, water and soil.

Speaking at the inauguration, Vice President Lucia Witbooi, said the expansion strengthens the scientific capacity required to advance Namibia’s sustainable development goals across the agricultural, industrial and environmental sectors.