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Sep 23, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Dilia Mazula
On Thursday, 19 September 2024, Bank Windhoek’s Chief Treasurer, Claire Hobbs, announced the release of the Bank’s third annual Sustainability Bond Impact Report, highlighting the ongoing commitment to responsible business practices and environmental stewardship for the 2023-2024 Financial Year.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Dilia Mazula
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Moroccan Exporters’ Confederation (ASMEX) are co-organizing a Business Forum aimed at raising awareness and providing information on the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The event, titled “Intra-African Trade: Perspectives and Opportunities,” will take place on November 5, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Casablanca.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Dilia Mazula
On 13 September 2024, the National Planning Commission (NPC) of Namibia together with the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) and KfW Development Bank (KfW), on behalf of German Development Cooperation, signed a grant agreement to the value of EUR 3 million (equivalent to approx. NAD 60 million) to establish a Sustainable Financing Mechanism to support Namibia’s state-protected areas (national parks).
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Dilia Mazula
In its eighth annual Goalkeepers report released today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation urged world leaders to increase global health spending where it is needed most in order to boost children’s health and nutrition, especially in the face of the global climate crisis.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Dilia Mazula
Pension funds are essential for the responsible management and safeguarding of members’ retirement savings, providing peace of mind through robust communication and awareness efforts. These savings offer financial security, independence, and stability upon retirement, disability, ill-health, and death, while also serving as a cushion in cases such as retrenchment.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Dilia Mazula
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has published its Quarterly Statistics for the period from 01 April to 30 June 2024. This bulletin offers a comprehensive overview of subscribers, traffic, broadcasting, and postal services during the second quarter (Q2) of 2024. Key highlights include statistics on Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) usage for internet access, fixed-line subscriptions, mobile outgoing minutes, revenue from the broadcasting sector, and postal operations. Mrs.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Jorge Heine |Dilia Mazula
Turkey tends to march to its own drum in international affairs. Take the United Nations vote on Dec. 14, 2022, when the body’s General Assembly approved a resolution in favor of a New International Economic Order. Some 123 member states – largely the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America – voted in favor; only 50 cast a ballot against. Turkey was the only abstention – emblematic of the foreign policy of a country that strides the divide between Europe and Asia, East and West, North and South.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Wallace Chuma |Trust Matsilele |Dilia Mazula
Media coverage of Africa has always been dominated by narratives of disease, poverty, conflict and political instability. These portrayals, rooted in colonial histories, continue to shape global perceptions and policy decisions. A nuanced and comprehensive analysis of how Africa is represented in global news could help change this. It could present a more balanced picture of the continent. We are experienced journalism and media teachers and researchers.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Godfred Akoto Boafo |Dilia Mazula
Ghana is one of the world’s gold hotspots. It is Africa’s largest producer of gold and it ranks sixth globally. In 2023, were produced. It is essential to Ghana’s economy, contributing around 7% of gross domestic product. Ghana’s gold mines are found in most parts of the country, and the mining history can be traced back hundreds of years. However, a form of mining known as artisanal, illegal or small-scale mining has become the most popular.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
futuremedianews.com.na | Dilia Mazula
Reports continue to emerge of the alleged looting of tens of thousands of artefacts from the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. The museum, near the confluence of the White and the Blue Niles, holds a history of the region, home to ancient civilisations, temples and pyramids. But it has been caught in the crossfire in a war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces that has left millions displaced and devastated the built environment.
