Namibia Bureau News Today

From ALFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, NamibiaNamibia BureauWINDHOEK, (CAJ News) - NAMIBIA has urged member states of the United Nations (UN) to finalise the “UN Convention on countering the use of Information and Communications Technologies for criminal purposes.” The process has faced some hurdles since it was mooted in 2020. That year, a session of the

From ALFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, NamibiaNamibia BureauWINDHOEK, (CAJ News) - NAMIBIA has exempted visas and work permits, until next Tuesday, for foreign journalists coming to cover the funeral and burial of the recently-deceased president, Hage Geingob. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has reached that decision. Audrin Mathe, the Executive Director of

From ALFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, NamibiaNamibia BureauWINDHOEK, (CAJ News) - TELECOM Namibia has enhanced its digital transformation strategy after sealing a partnership with Finnish-headquartered business support systems (BSS) firm, Qvantel and the SATEC Group. Multinational technology company, SATEC Group, has awarded Qvantel the contract. SATEC Group is leading the transformation project and will work with

From ALFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, Namibia Namibia Bureau WINDHOEK, (CAJ News) - TO many, Namibia’s condemnation of Germany after it pledged to back Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the genocide case filed by South Africa is a show of solidarity with Palestine and other victims of ethnic cleansing. Yet in its

From ALFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, Namibia Namibia Bureau WINDHOEK, (CAJ News) – THE extension of the deadline to register subscriber identity module (SIM) cards offers reprieve to thousands of Namibians whose cards the government was initially determined to disconnect. The deadline, which was set for December 31 this past year, has been extended to March

From ALFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, Namibia Namibia Bureau WINDHOEK, (CAJ News) - NAMIBIA’S government insists it will not extend the subscriber identity module (SIM) registration deadline beyond December 31. This position is despite the slow response to the exercise, which has seen half of the SIM cards unregistered at the time of going to press.

From ALFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, Namibia Namibia Bureau WINDHOEK, (CAJ News) - PARATUS Group has secured funding of US$31 million to help realise its infrastructure expansion plans in the continent. The pan-African telco says the capital injection will significantly boost connectivity across key and currently underserved regions and contribute to the group's goal of doubling