Namibia's first National Cultural and Creative Industries Strategy aims to nurture, develop, and celebrate artists, cultural practitioners, institutions, and creative entrepreneurs.
This was the message relayed during the official launch of said strategy, for the period 2025 to 2030.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has emphasised that merging the trade function with international relations was a deliberate move to ensure Namibia fully leverages economic diplomacy through its foreign policy.
Namibia has recorded 448 road fatalities from January to November. This is an increase from last year's 376 crashes, which are said to be caused mainly by speeding.
Namibia and South Africa have signed a memorandum of understanding to formalise cooperation between the two judiciaries.
The agreement was signed by Chief Justice Peter Shivute and his South African counterpart, Mandisa Maya.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been named the 2025 African Political Leader of the Year by the UK-based African Leadership Magazine.
She was nominated in the category alongside Botswana's Duma Boko, Jose Neves of Cabo Verde and President Patrice Talon of Benin.
Namibia and Norway are strengthening cooperation on several fronts, including their joint work on the High-Level Panel for the Sustainable Ocean Economy, known as the Ocean Panel.
Norwegian Embassy Counsellor Ørnulf Strøm paid a courtesy call on President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House.
Producer Jackzee J. Tsaraeb of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is showcasing his brilliance with a nomination at the inaugural African Media Awards 2025.
Trade tariffs imposed by the United States are negatively affecting Namibia's export earnings, having disrupted established value chains and decreasing competitiveness in traded goods.
China has delivered its second batch of rice donations to the government, worth N$76.5 million, to support the 2024/25 drought relief programme.
The first batch of 27,200 bags of rice was delivered in February, earmarked for Oshikoto.
Germany remains in the top spot as the overseas destination from which tourists arrive in the country.
The 2024 Tourist Statistical Report launched by the Environment, Forestry and Tourism Minister Indileni Daniels shows that over 111,000 tourists arrived from Germany during that year.
