Category: Editors Desk

Perhaps the West does not realise how they insult us when they always carry on about Africa this and Africa that, as if this massive, diversified continent is one big political entity. Do the Brits have a minister for Asia or...

A presentation for the members of the Summerdown Farmers Association again brought the stark realities of the agricultural sector to the fore. And while all the farmers may not fully understand the technicalities and the...

There certainly is room for irony in politics and economics. Earlier this week the Minister of Finance gave us an update on how strong or weak the economy is right now. Nothing new was said except for some sober views on the...

According to the latest Money & Banking statistics released on Wednesday 31 May 2017 by the Bank of Namibia, the annual growth in new credit to the private sector has fallen to 8.1% at the end of April. This continues a...

The concept the Internet of Things have moved into the buzz phase. As recent as two years ago, it was just a novelty, now it is moving into the application stage and in some cases, it has even become commonplace technology, that...

The link between inflation and poor service delivery surfaced this week when two unrelated events both pointed to the economic damage arising from an inefficient bureaucracy. Speaking to long-standing employees representing...

Renewed interest has surfaced in the Kudu gas field when two representatives of Petrofund attended an oil and gas conference in London. After the conference, oilreviewafrica.com released a report indicating the possibility of a...

Agribank is not the first local financial institution to develop a collateral-free loan scheme but it is certainly the first to do so exclusively for part-time farmers. In my view, the product is unique in the sense that it is...

Just before seven this Friday morning, an interlink carrying 33 tonnes of beer had to swerve to avoid a collision on the Monte Christo Road close to the intersection at Van Eck Power Station in Windhoek. The truck did not...

Internet services were interrupted this week Thursday when Telecom’s servers fell over. This is not a first occurrence as data lines were also intermittantly on and off on Tueday but this mostly affected wi-fi services....

As the latest spate of Zumantics continues to cause serious economic fall-out for our southern neighbour, our umbilical link to South Africa’s economy again becomes an issue to be scrutinised. Where Namibia is most...

The Air Namibia early morning flight to Cape Town was delayed this Friday. That in itself is not very significant, airline flights are delayed all the time the world over for various reason. This could be anything from weather...