CONSERVATION AND TOURISM THRIVE TOGETHER
MEDIA RELEASE: For nearly four decades the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) of Namibia through its landmark research and conservation programmes has underscored the robust link and crucial importance between conservation, tourism and people to achieve a win-win outcome. CCF, a long-standing collaborator and beneficiary of Nedbank Namibia’s Go Green Fund (GGF) through various projects, has […]
DETERMINING COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF GREEN BUILDINGS
ARTICLE BY: Ruan Bestbier: Treasury Sales and Sustainability Analyst at Bank Windhoek 23 July 2019 As the effects of climate change continue to emerge as a business reality, the Namibian banking sector plays a vital role in accelerating the local market’s transition to a lower-carbon energy future. A Green Building, also known as green […]
BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF NAMIBIA WARNS AGAINST SURCHARGING
MEDIA RELEASE 5 August 2019 The Bankers Association of Namibia has learned that some merchants continue to add a surcharge (additional fee) to card transactions or are setting minimum or maximum transaction amounts as condition for accepting debit or credit cards for payment. Such practices have a negative impact on consumers and are in direct […]
ETOSHA FISHING EXCELS AT GENDER INCLUSIVITY
MEDIA RELEASE 20 June 2019 In the male dominated world of the fishing industry, Etosha Fishing stands out as a shining beacon of gender inclusivity and women empowerment. Nearly half of the management team at the company is female, while the majority of the workforce comprises women. For billions of people worldwide the ocean is […]
IMPLEMENTATION: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING – APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME BETWEEN BON & NTA)
Date: 06 August 2019 Reference Number: 9/6/5 The implementation of the Bank of Namibia (BoN) initiative to support the Namibia Training Authority (NTA) apprenticeship programme has started. BoN and NTA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in March 2019. In the MoU, BoN has agreed to support the programme over a three-year period to cover […]
SLOWER CONTRACTION IN RENTAL PRICES IN MAY
PRESS RELEASE SLOWER CONTRACTION IN RENTAL PRICES IN MAY 11 July 2019: The FNB Rental Index, that tracks advertised rental prices across the country, recorded a slower contraction of 3.0% y/y at the end of May 2019. This contraction, the slowest recorded since March 2018, comes on the back of a 0.6% y/y price growth […]
TRANSNAMIB ASSISTS TO CREATE DECENTRALISED LOGISTICS CENTRES
MEDIA RELEASE Ref. No.: WBCG/MMC/11-07-2019 Thursday, 11 July 2019 TRANSNAMIB ASSISTS TO CREATE DECENTRALISED LOGISTICS CENTRES “We are in the business of moving cargo via rail from station to station,” explained TransNamib CEO, Mr. Johny Smith at the Walvis Bay Corridor Group’s stakeholder engagement session held in Grootfontein on Wednesday, 10 July 2019. Mr. Smith […]
NEDBANK GO GREEN FUND SUPPORTS BAT STUDY
Namibian bats under the spotlight A bat study supported by the Nedbank Go Green Fund (GGF) in the remote Namib Desert is helping scientists attain a greater understanding of a little understood mammalian masterpiece and the risks it faces. Bats have taken flight in popular culture for centuries, painting an often unflattering and negative portrait, […]
NAMIGREEN E-WASTE RECYCLERS
Recycle your printer cartridges and get paid, says NamiGreen E-waste Recyclers Too often companies and individuals throw out their used and empty printer cartridges for inkjet printers and laser printers. That’s bad – both for the environment for but also money-wise. NamiGreen E-waste (electronic waste), a Windhoek-based recycling business, have started recycling printer cartridges […]
MAJOR BOOST TO GREEN ENERGY INAUGURATED
Text by Willie Olivier Namibia’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant and one of the most productive plants in the world, the 37MW Hardap Solar Polar PV plant was officially inaugurated on Thursday, 20 June 2019. Situated on 100 ha of land east of Mariental, the plant came into operation in November last year. It […]