Namibia

Digital Realty, an American global provider of cloud and carrier-neutral data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, has announced the successful completion of an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Teraco, a carrier-neutral data centre and interconnection services provider in South Africa. The deal, which was initially agreed to in…

Paratus Namibia has announced Namibia’s first-of-its-kind carrier-neutral data centre in Windhoek. Armada, as the data centre is called, is expected to open its door in August. The data centre will enable any client hosting within the facility to choose which telecommunications provider they wish to purchase services from.  Speaking on…

Mercedes’ British star driver Lewis Hamilton will be enjoying part of the four-week Formula One mid-season break in Namibia. WATCH | RED BULL SET NEW PIT STOP RECORD – DON’T BLINK! The seven-time world champion arrived in Namibia on Tuesday and reportedly proceeded on a chartered flight to Sossusvlei, one of…

KAVANGO regions community forest and conservancy organisations that tried to get a court order to stop further oil and gas exploration activities by the Canadian company ReconAfrica in Namibia should have first waited for a decision from the environment minister on an appeal that they lodged with him. This finding…

THE Office of the Prosecutor General has removed state prosecutors at the Mariental Magistrate's Court from the case of Johan Meyer (50), who is suspected of having caused the death of Hendriena Mupolo (9) by running her over three weeks ago. In a letter read on Martha Imalwa's behalf by…

The City of Windhoek is currently selling 58 unimproved single residential erven, 19 unimproved general residential erven and 24 unimproved business zoned erven, by way of tender. The City said they are selling these erven in the locations of Kleine Kuppe, Rocky Crest, Academia, Auasblick, Cimbebasia and Windhoek and only…

Bank Windhoek this week introduced the first contactless-enabled feature across Cash Accepting ATMs, becoming the first financial institution in the country with this functionality. The new contactless feature allows customers to tap on contactless-enabled ATMs, enter their PIN, and proceed to transact. The contactless feature's main benefits are speeding up…

Land is no more a predicament for investment in the horticulture sector as Namibia is a vast country with 823 290 square kilometres. This was the view of the manager for horticulture market development at the Namibian Agronomic Board, Emilie Abraham. She made these remarks last week in Davos at…

Walvis Bay — A board member of Erongo Red has distanced herself from the recruitment process of a new CEO, and has warned of legal and financial implications for the electricity distributor should the process not be annulled. Irene Simeon-Kurtz said the recruitment process of the institution's new CEO is…

Ghana’s former High Commissioner to Namibia and Botswana, Alhaji Haruna Atta has revealed that his relationship with his friend Kwaku Baako is not one that he would describe as cordial. Speaking to Adom News’ political reporter, Frank Worlanyo Nyonator about his life as a journalist, politician, diplomat and author, the…