MEAT FLASH – 19 JUNE 2020
MEAT BOARD HOLDS SUCCESSFUL SEMINARS REGARDING CATTLE AND SHEEP MARKETING Two successful seminars regarding cattle and sheep marketing were held by the Meat Board in Windhoek on 16 and 17 June 2020. Globally, and not just in Namibia, the meat industry has been affected by reduced consumer disposable income; a shift in the application of […]
NEW SCHOOL FURNITURE BOOSTS TEACHING AND LEARNING
MEDIA RELEASE New school furniture boosts teaching and learning Teachers and learners’ morale are set to improve following the handover of 650 desks and 650 chairs at the Tobias Hainyeko Project School. As part of its corporate social responsibility initiative and effort to help relieve certain duties off Government, Kalahari Holdings donated desks and chairs […]
NAVIGATING THESE TRYING TIMES
The world has seen many crises before. While each crisis is different, Ray Dalio (founder of Bridgewater Associates) reminds us that history has a tendency to teach us patterns that we can use as templates to assist us in successfully navigating through the storm. Covid-19 has caught the world by surprise, and although there are […]
THE RISE OF WOMEN IN THE SME SECTOR
Tracy Eagles FNB Chief Marketing Officer MEDIA RELEASE Over the last ten years, the SME sector has seen a trend of more women taking up opportunities in franchising and this is expected to further increase over the next five years. According to the international Franchise Association (IFA) there are more than 25% of […]
EMOTIONAL MARKETS
On 28 May 1962 the Dow Jones average of thirty leading industrial stocks dropped by 34.95 points. At the time this was a drop bigger than on any other day in history, with the exception of the crash on 28 October 1928. On Tuesday 29 May 1962 the market suddenly changed direction with the index […]
FIRSTRAND NAMIBIA ESTABLISHES HOPE – A HEALTH OPTIMISATION PANDEMIC EMERGENCY FUND
Sarel van Zyl CEO: FirstRand Namibia MEDIA RELEASE 8 April 2020 Today FirstRand Namibia announced the objectives of its HOPE intervention and relief effort, which aims to assist Government and its partners in mitigating the impact of COVID19 rapidly and at scale. HOPE’s immediate objective is to accelerate the scaling of Namibia’s COVID-19 […]
NOT GOING BACK TO NORMAL: BUSINESS CONTINUITY AFTER COVID19
Horst Simon Business Risk Officer, Capricorn Group We always want things to go back to normal quickly, but what most of us have probably not realised yet is that some things will never be the same again. To stop the coronavirus, we radically changed almost everything we do: how we work, exercise, socialise, […]
MULTICHOICE NAMIBIA INTRODUCES DSTV WHATSAPP
Roger Gertze Managing Director 07 April 2020 Forming part of our ongoing efforts to improve customer experience through unique, innovative platforms, MultiChoice Namibia officially launched DStv WhatsApp, a new and exciting self-service platform for our DStv consumers. DStv WhatsApp uses the popular app to give DStv customers even more control over their accounts […]
One Africa TV launches:
MEDIA RELEASE: One Africa TV launches #LearnOnOne and partners with Eduvision (a project of the Edugate Academy) to broadcast free lessons for Namibian learners. #LearnOnOne platform launch In a move to support quality education for Namibian children from all walks of life, One Africa TV (OATV) launched #LearnOnOne today. #LearnOnOne is a non-profit sub-brand […]
DUNDEE PRODUCES HAND SANITIZER
Tsumeb | 1 April 2020 DPMT PRODUCES HAND SANITIZER FOR ITS EMPLOYEES TO FIGHT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 In support of the Mining Industry’s efforts to fight the further spread of COVID-19 in the country, Dundee has started producing its own hand sanitizer as per the World Health Organization’s guidelines. Although there is no confirmed […]