cooperation

Foreign healthcare volunteers in Africa can harm local relationships – Zambian study

By James Wintrup, Chr. Michelsen Institute Thousands of global health volunteers, most from the United States, travel to Africa every year. These volunteers come from diverse backgrounds and have varying levels of experience. They include surgeons, anaesthesiologists, nurses and medical students. They arrive with the ambition to improve health outcomes in Africa and learn about “global health”. In my research I have studied the […]

June 6, 2024 26

Local

Bank of Namibia strengthens collaboration with central banks in the region

The governor of the Bank of Namibia, Mr. Johannes !Gawaxab, recently embarked on a diplomatic visit to foster enhanced collaboration and cooperation with central banks in the region. Accompanied by a technical team from the bank’s financial markets, strategy, projects & transformation, research, and international relations departments, the governor visited the Bank of Ghana, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, and the Bank of Botswana at the end of […]

April 24, 2024 12

Africa

Cuban speaker in Kenya over fate of abducted doctors

Cuba's parliament speaker is visiting Nairobi in a bid to uncover the fate of two Cuban doctors abducted in Kenya by Somalia-based jihadists almost five years ago, its foreign ministry said. The mission by Esteban Lazo comes after Al-Shabaab claimed in a statement that the two doctors had been killed in a US air strike in Somalia last week. Lazo "has travelled to Kenya in order to engage in urgent […]

February 22, 2024 20

Business / Economics

The Alexforbes Lead Story – 5 December

A delegation from the Ministry of Industrialization and Trade recently met with their Venezuelan counterparts to discuss ways to enhance Trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, Minister, Lucia Iipumbu, tells us more. https://iono.fm/e/1387601

December 6, 2023 9

Namibia

President Geingob defends international travel

President Hage Geingob has called on the media to concentrate their reporting on important issues instead of trivial ones like the travel allowance of politicians. During his annual press briefing at State House on Monday, Geingob digressed from his prepared speech to address the media criticism of his and his ministers’ traveling, reportedly to benefit from travel and subsistence allowances (S&Ts). “You see how I am standing here, because I […]

November 28, 2023 14

Business / Economics

India and Namibia celebrate international millet year to foster collaboration

The Indian High Commission in Namibia and the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation on Tuesday jointly commemorated the International Year of Millets aimed at fostering cooperation in millet production for food security. The celebration follows the declaration by the 75th United Nations General Assembly in March 2021, that 2023 be the International Year of Millets to raise awareness of and direct policy attention to the nutritional and health benefits […]

November 23, 2023 24

Business / Economics

NaCC launches investigation into alleged price fixing of quota usage fees

The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) has launched an investigation into the alleged price fixing of quota usage fees paid to fishing rights holders by various fishing vessel owners and operators. This comes after the NaCC received evidence suggesting possible cooperation among numerous vessel owners and operators in the Namibian fishing industry on 18 August 2023 and 22 September 2023, respectively. The alleged collusion takes the form of fixing fishing quota […]

November 21, 2023 10