The government has called for economic re-engineering so that policies, reforms, and funding cater to grassroots levels.

The significance of mental health is gaining recognition in Namibia.  I was excited to hear that the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, is prioritising mental health issues, and intends to pass a Mental Health Bill, which will be tabled before the end of the year. 

The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has announced that it has started the mass recruitment of over 13,000 Census field staff, including Enumerators, Enumeration Supervisors, Data Clerks, and IT Field Technicians, to conduct the 2023 Population and Housing Census.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has issued a directive for the enforcement of tick control activities at all animal gathering events following the recent outbreak of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF).

Technology is constantly improving for the benefit of the user, and players in the telecoms and digital connectivity space have the onus to enable a technologically driven society by adopting cutting-edge technologies to unlock and facilitate an agile and seamless provision of innovative products and services to the market.