The Brief Interview is a series of short video interviews with talking heads on business topics regarding Namibia, which will now be offered by The Brief publication (www.thebrief.com.na ).

Twitter kicked off deal negotiations with Elon Musk on Sunday after he wooed many of the social media company's shareholders with financing details on his $43 billion acquisition offer, people familiar with the matter said.

Italian ministers headed to central Africa Wednesday in an urgent quest for new energy deals as Italy scrambles to break away from Russian gas over the Ukraine war.

Netherlands start-up Kelp Blue has secured a N$31.1 million investment from the De Beers Group to commercially develop the world’s first large-scale kelp farm off the coast of Namibia, near Luderitz.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform plans to issue a Request For Proposals (RFP) for the Green Schemes in May, as it moves ahead to outsource some of the projects to the private sector.

Letshego Namibia CEO, Ester Kali and Bank Windhoek Managing Director, Baronice Hans have been named among Top 100 Women CEOs in Africa for their accomplishments as female administrative officers in charge of leading organisations on the continent.

NamPower says it currently has no Solar PV commitments beyond the 20MW Khan Solar IPP PV and the recently completed 20MW Omburu PV project.

Ten public enterprises are earmarked to receive N$746.8 million in total as a government subsidy for the 2022/23 financial year, the Ministry of Public Enterprises announced on Thursday.

 London Stock Exchange-listed Cloudbreak Discovery has partnered with Gondwana Petroleum Namibia, Timeworn Investments, Pioneer Oil and Gas Consulting and a Swiss Based Asset Manager to explore oil in Namibia.

Vedanta Zinc International (VZI) says it’s still moving ahead with plans to set up a smelter in Namibia.