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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Capacity Building

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Namibia

Namfisa to host 2024 Sub-Saharan insurance regulators

Namibia will host insurance regulators from across Africa for the 2024 International Association of Insurance Supervisors Sub-Saharan Regional Seminar, to be held in Windhoek from 27 to 31 May 2024. With the overarching goal of advancing sustainability, inclusivity, and resilience in the insurance industry, the seminar will focus on capacity building and will also delve into various gaps that hinder the progress and sustainability of the insurance industry. These include […]

todayMay 14, 2024 39

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Health / Medical

Namibia outperforms region in public health

The Namibian government, in partnership with the WHO, unveiled the African Health Workforce Investment Charter on 6 May at the inaugural Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum. The charter's launch signified a coordinated effort to bolster investments in health workforce education, employment, and retention, with a specific focus on reducing disparities and enhancing health outcomes, particularly in underserved regions. Attended by about 170 delegates, including ministers of health, labor and finance […]

todayMay 7, 2024 71

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Business / Economics

South Africa’s national student financial aid scheme has helped millions but is in trouble: here’s why

South Africa’s minister of higher education and training, Blade Nzimande. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images     By Thandi Lewin, University of Johannesburg   The board of South Africa’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been dissolved by the country’s higher education and training minister, Blade Nzimande, and the organisation placed under administration. Nzimande made the decision because of “(the problem of) non-payment of (students’) allowances”. Thandi Lewin is […]

todayMay 6, 2024 22

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Africa

How expensive it is to be poor: Prof. Abdoulaye Diabaté inspires global action against malaria at TED2024

    In a stirring address at TED2024, Prof. Abdoulaye Diabaté, Head of Medical Entomology and Parasitology at the Research Institute in Health Sciences in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, and Principal Investigator of Target Malaria Burkina Faso, shared his journey with malaria and his resolute commitment to eradicating it. Prof. Diabaté's talk shed light on the devastating toll of malaria, particularly in Africa, and stressed the urgent need for transformative solutions. […]

todayApril 30, 2024 34

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Namibia

Prime Minister’s office partners with WFP on food security

The Executive Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, I-Ben Nashandi, and Dr. George Fedha from the World Food Programme have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening the capacity for Vulnerability Assessment Analysis and systems for early warning systems. Here is I-Ben Nashandi.

todayFebruary 29, 2024 40

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Business / Economics

EU-twinning project supports Namibia’s economic growth

The EU-Twinning Project, "Support to the Namibian Standards Institution," is concluding on 31 January 2024, after a 24-month period. Initiated in February 2022, the project, supported with N$ 27 million, has contributed to Namibia's international trade participation, economic growth, and the capacity of the Namibian Standards Institution. Here is Anna Sjögren from the EU Twinning Team.

todayJanuary 24, 2024 26

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Local

EU and KAS launch 15 million NAD project focusing on empowering CSOS, women, youth, and marginalized communities

    The European Union (EU) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) are delighted to announce the commencement of the project "Empowering CSOs, Women, Youth, and Marginalized Communities as Equal Partners in Democracy" (ECSO) project. This transformative initiative, co-funded by the EU and KAS, aligns with the joint commitment of the EU and Namibia to enhance the participation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in governance and development issues. The ECSO project, spanning […]

todayJanuary 24, 2024 13

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Africa

Namibia strengthens Anti-corruption framework

The Anti-Corruption Commission, with assistance from the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange, is conducting a four-day mission to enhance the capacity of officials and stakeholders as Namibia works on establishing a framework for corruption risk management. Josefina Nghituwamata from the ACC says that a team of five experts from Germany, Slovenia, Lithuania, and Romania will lead the session in Windhoek from 20 to 23 November 2023.

todayNovember 20, 2023 31

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