Twitter Inc. on Monday became the latest Silicon Valley titan to appoint an Indian-born chief executive officer, joining the likes of Microsoft and Google in recognizing the Asian country as one of the world’s richest pools of tech talent.

Hotel revenues and office property occupancy rates remain far below pre-Covid-19 levels, and although vaccination programmes have opened international travel and allowed for more mobility in both tourism and the corporate sector, these two property markets will continue to underperform in 2022.

Uganda is seeking to amend a loan agreement it signed with China in 2015 to ensure the government doesn’t lose control of the nation’s only international airport, the Monitor newspaper reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

Finance Minister Ipumbu Shiimi has reappointed six of the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRa) board members to serve for a period of three years, effective 01 December 2021 to 30 November 2024.

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter, is stepping down, according to a person familiar with the situation. 

Namibia’s rental markets demand fundamentals remain relatively weak despite most advanced economies being on a path of recovery due to the resumption of “normal life”, improved pace of COVID-19 vaccination and job growth, FNB Namibia has said.

TAAG Angola Airlines has become the first major regional airline, which flies directly to Namibia, to cancel flights following the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.

The Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group has expressed its condemnation of travel bans imposed by the United Kingdom (UK); European Union (EU), and the United States (US) on southern African countries, including South Africa and Namibia among others, following the discovery in South Africa of a new coronavirus variant. 

The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) of Namibia has handed over 16 projects funded to the value of N$66 million, located in communities of Otjozondjupa, Omusati, Oshikoto, Kunene, Kavango East, Kavango West, Zambezi, Erongo and //Karas regions.

Tourism and hospitality firm, Gondwana Collection, says it sold over 10 000 vouchers on Black Friday, with the majority of vouchers being snapped up by Namibians.