Emma Theofelus, 23, appointed on March 23, 2020 by the President of the Republic of Namibia, Hage Geingob, as the new Deputy Minister for Information and Communication Technology, has officially taken office March 24, 2020. Emma Theofelus holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Namibia, a diploma in African feminism and gender...
The government of Namibia has decided to halt the process of recruiting a new board of directors for national operator Telecom Namibia, a subsidiary of the Namibia Post and Telecommunications Holdings Limited (NPTH). This follows complaints of irregularities, according to the country’s Public Enterprises Minister Leon Jooste. While Jooste refused to disclose details of the...
Namibia Post (NamPost), the Namibian state-owned company that provides postal services in Namibia, and Telecom Namibia, the incumbent telecommunications operator, are included in the list of 22 public companies that the presidential panel High Level on the Economy recommends the government to partially privatize. On March 11, 2020, the body set up in April 2019 by...
The N$1.1-billion project was initiated in August 2017 and involves 17 local companies with the objective to improve access to telecommunications services. The goal is to construct 524 telecom sites across the country, focusing on the provision of 3G in rural areas and 4G in urban areas. The target for the first phase was to...
The Namibian mobile operator MTC announced on February 25, 2020, the completion of phase 1 of its network modernization project called 081Every1 and the launch of phase 2. Initiated in August 2017, the multi-million dollar project, the implementation of which has been entrusted to 17 local companies, aims to improve Namibians’ access to quality telecom...
The Namibian Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MICT) launched its national broadband policy and its implementation action plan on February 13, 2020. Linda Aipinge , the director of ICT development at the ministry, explained that the policy would be spread over 10 years, but that the implementation would last 5 years, with immediate effect....
PowerCom (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Telecom Namibia dedicated to the development of telecom infrastructure, announces the investment of N $ 27 million (US $ 1.8 million) in 2020. Alisa Amupolo, the company’s general manager, said new towers will be built across the country, and will help extend the telecom footprint for better service quality...
MTN Business Namibia, a provider of connectivity solutions, remains committed to transforming its business in the country to offer mobile services. It’s been two and a half years since the company was engaged in this operation. In order to calm the potential concerns of its partners, it wanted to inform them of the progress of the...
Nimbus Infrastructure Limited has announced a proposed share swap transaction with Paratus Group Holdings to increase its stake in Paratus Telecom Namibia from 51.4% to 100%. In return for acquiring Paratus Group Holding’s 48.6% stake, over 20 million new ordinary shares in Nimbus will be allotted to Paratus (equating to a 41.1% stake) for a...
The company Capricorn Investment Group, owner of Bank Windhoek, has acquired a 30% stake in the telecommunications company Paratus Africa Group for 251 million Namibian dollars. The transaction was made through the purchase of existing shares in Paratus for N $ 30 million (US $ 2 million) and subscribing for new shares for N $...
