insert_link Business / Economics Government close to finalising new Investment Promotion Bill The government is in the final stages of enacting the Namibia Investment Promotion and Facilitation Bill (NIPFB), a legislative measure aimed at enhancing the country's investment climate to attract both local and foreign investors. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced during a session in Luanda, Angola, that the Ministry of International Relations and Trade is diligently working to complete the bill. The legislation is designed to create a more transparent and conducive […] today25 June, 2025
insert_link Africa The rise of African prophets: the unchecked power of the leaders of Pentecostal churches By Josiah Taru, Rice University Over the last 20 years there’s been an unprecedented increase in charismatic Pentecostal prophets – or men of God as they’re called in Pentecostal parlance. Across Africa their unchecked influence has spread into social, economic and political institutions. Pentecostalism is one of the fastest-growing strands of Christianity on the continent. In Zimbabwe, for example, the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministry claims its membership […] today9 February, 2024