OBSERVER DAILY | Oil Dreams and Hard realities: Namibia must demand good jobs from foreign investment

Namibia’s growing oil and gas ambitions have once again come under scrutiny, and rightly so. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has sounded a sober warning that, despite the euphoria surrounding recent discoveries, the promise of...

Namibia commits to ratifying UN convention against cybercrime

Namibia has pledged to ratify the newly signed United Nations (UN) Convention against Cybercrime and incorporate its provisions into national law. Speaking on behalf of President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at the signing ceremony in Vietnam, Minister...

Women Hold Africa’s future: Experts urge more finance, tech access at Abuja Investment Expo

As the second edition of the Abuja Business and Investment Expo 2025 came to a close on Friday, stakeholders made a passionate call for stronger support systems for women entrepreneurs across Africa. The event, which was held at the President Bola...

Abuja Expo: Stakeholders seek better access to finance, tech for women, youth entrepreneurs

As the lights went down on the second edition of the Abuja Business and Investment Expo 2025, participants called for the creation of a more supportive environment for women and youth, stressing the importance of enhanced access to finance,...

Namibia to push for stronger climate financing and technology transfer at COP30

Namibia will emphasise the need to accelerate the implementation of climate financing, capacity building, and technology transfer at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30). President Netumbo...

Namibia must shed ‘poverty mentality’ in international dealings – president

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah urges Namibians to approach negotiations with the international community from a position of strength, warning against what she described as a “poverty mentality” in how the country engages globally. Speaking at...

Namibia’s first solar wheeling project commissioned

The 10 MW Maxwell solar plant, which represents a “ground-breaking step” in Namibia’s transition to renewable energy and “serves as a model for future public- private power partnerships”, has been commissioned, says solar asset management company...

Namibian National Association of the Deaf launches sign language app

The Namibian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) has launched its own sign language app with the aim of raising awareness and increasing user adoption of the Namibian sign language. The NNAD says the Namibian Sign Language app – NAMSLAPP –...

NIMT murder convict was sick before death 

Justicia Shipena Former Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) employee and convicted double murderer Ernst Lichtenstrasser has died in custody. Lichtenstrasser (64) was found dead on Sunday morning at the Windhoek Correctional...

CAZ responds to ASX price query

Your standout small cap resources stocks for Monday, October 27, 2025. CAZ responds to ASX price query LSR acquires suite of rare earth claims near Mountain Pass mine in US PVT raises $5.4m and reaches a 12-month high Strong gold prices and...

Award-winning South African photographer Wim van den Heever smitten with nature

South African photographer Wim van den Heever has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography accolades – the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025. The Pretoria resident’s photograph of a brown hyena walking through the...

4 ASX All Ords uranium shares Macquarie tips for gains of 7% to 42%

In a new research report, Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) details why it expects a number of ASX All Ords uranium shares to materially outperform the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) in the year ahead. Atop the uranium miner's own growth potentials,...

YOUNG OBSERVER | Namibia’s tech wave – How young innovators are redefining the digital future

If you listen closely in Windhoek’s coffee shops, Keetmanshoop’s municipal offices, Walvis Bay’s port control rooms, and Oshakati’s school computer labs, you can hear it: a low, bright hum of ambition. Namibia’s tech wave is not a Silicon Valley...

YOUNG OBSERVER | Discovering Namibia’s Gems: Gondwana’s Okapuka Lodge

Fifteen minutes north of Windhoek’s city limit, the beat of urban life softens into savanna. Kalahari thorn trees punctuate golden grass, kudus watch from the treeline, and the sky pulls its favourite Namibian trick—an endless, impossible blue....

Namibia Could Venture Into Space Science

By: Dwight Links The recent Space Science Week celebrations in Windhoek introduced scientists from the United States of America and brought exposure to Namibia’s potential for participating in future space science-related activities. Jason Barnes...

Nation's green tech in mining highlighted

Nearly 450 billion yuan ($63 billion) has been invested in mineral exploration and 150 new mineral deposits have been discovered nationwide during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced on Thursday....

AWC 2025: Helpline to Empower 100 Girls Through Digital Tech Hub

As preparations for the 9th edition of the Africa Women Conference (AWC) 2025 progress, the Helpline Social Support Initiative has announced that 100 women and young girls from across Africa have been selected to participate in the inaugural AWC...

THE TIDE LINE | Mpox in Namibia: A wake-up call, not a cause for panic

Namibia has recorded its first confirmed case of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, and while that headline alone may alarm some, this moment should be seen as an opportunity for vigilance, not fear. The Ministry of Health and Social Services...

‘We are here to stay’ — EU investment in SA dwarfs Trump’s US

As South Africa continues to wrestle with the US over tariffs and other issues, its relationship with its biggest economic partner, the European Union, by contrast, goes from strength to strength. At the SA-EU summit in Cape Town in March this...

The Windhoek Legacy: African Union Commission’s Special Envoy on WPS Galvanizes Action for the Next 25 Years of Women, Peace and Security

Windhoek, Namibia – On 17 October 2025, the global spotlight on women’s role in peace and security shifted to Windhoek, Namibia, the symbolic birthplace of the landmark United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325). The two-day...