David spoke to Mr. NJ Ayuk, the executive chairman at the African Energy Chamber and CEO of the Centurion Law Group, about the upcoming African Energy Week, what the Continent's future energy mix looks like, and his view on some of the current and future projects.
With the Namibia Scientific Society offering a five part course on astronomy and astrotourism developed by researchers at the University of Namibia and the University of Oxford David spoke to Drs. Hannah Dalgleish and Michael Backes and local tourism roleplayer Waltraut Fritzsche to find out more about the course and what the astronomy scene in Namibia looks like.
Namibia is on a quest for Olympic glory with athletes like Alexander Miller, Beatrice Masilingi, Maike Diekmann, Christine Mbomba, Phillip Seidler, Helalia Johannes, Vera Looser, Rainhold Thomas, Jonas Junias, Michelle Vorster, and Tristan de Lange making Team Namibia for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. These athletes, by pushing their limits, remind us that even in the midst of a global pandemic, we are from the ‘Land of the Brave’. Here is a conversation Toni had with the Executive Director of the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service, Dr. Audrin Mathe who is in Tokyo attending the games in support of our athletes.
With the Ministry of Health and Social Services having confirmed the presence of the Covid-19 Delta variant in Namibia, Future Media News's Angie Scholtz spoke to Dr. Emmanuel Nepolo the Head of the department of medicine at the University of Namibia who ran these tests.
Meryl Barry the daughter of late Harald Pupkewitz, and board chairperson of the Pupkewitz foundation speaks to Deon van Rensberg about the NGO's donation of 21 tonnes of oxygen to the country's health facilities. The oxygen was delivered to the Katutura Hospital on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 and excess oxygen was used to fill cylinders for delivery to further hospital sites.
We spoke to US Embassy Namibia Economics Officer, Tabitha Snowbarger, to find out more about the Grant programme, what kind of projects it provides funding for, what some of the criteria for funding are, and how people can apply.
We spoke to U.S. Ambassador, Lisa Johnson, about the new administration, what it means for the country's foreign policy, and specifically what it means for not only the continent of Africa but Namibia specifically.
Angie from the news team spoke to Dr. Slabbert and found out how no-one on the continent has the ability to produce vaccines and what it would take for someone to be able to in the future.
Angie from the news team spoke to Nampol Deputy Commissioner Vicky Matjila to find out more.
Infinox Capital, a leading international CFD trading broker is planning an expansion into the Namibian market . David got in touch with Managing Director Mr. Jay Mawji to find out more about the company and why they wanted to expand into the country.
Future Media News spoke to economist Rowland Brown from Cirrus capital about the country's state of indebtedness.
Projectsmile aims to educate the Namibian nation on being proactive towards their oral health through our two educational posters which were designed in Finland, incorporating eight Namibian cultures.
Following the presentation of the Mid-Term Budget Review by Minister of Finance, Ipumbu Shiimi, on Tuesday 20 October we asked Capricorn Asset Management's Chief Economist Floris Bergh to give us his thoughts.
Future Media News contacted Nigerian journalist Tunji Oye to find out more about what has been happening in the country.
We find out more about why snake bites are often misdiagnosed, what Francios has been doing to try to change the situation, and why it's not really feasible to explore developing our own anti-venoms.
Windhoek Gymnasium will from 2021 be offering an online school, we spoke to MD Colette Riekert to find out more about what this means.
In line with this year's World Space Week theme of "Satellites Improve Life" we spoke to Barney Harmse, the Group CEO of Paratus Africa to find out more about how satellites are used in the telecommunication industry.
Angie from our news team spoke to Dr. Anna Marais, the Associate Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Unam to find out more about the dogs they are currently training to sniff out Covid-19
The STADIO Faculty of Education, in a quest to further uplift the standard of education in Namibia, is set to team up with Colette Rieckert, a well-known education enthusiast, to retain top educational talent for the teaching profession, while also contributing towards raising the overall standard of education, thanks to improved teaching approaches and practice.
We spoke to Colette Riekert about this morning's update from the Ministry of Education.