UNAM academic publishes eye-opening book

African communication systems and the digital age Academic firebrand and UNAM lecturer, Professor Eno Akpabio, has recently published a book titled “African Communication Systems and the Digital Age”. The 165 paged eye... Read more »

Front-row view reveals exceptional cosmic explosion

Observation challenges established theory of gamma-ray bursts in the universe Scientists have gained the best view yet of the brightest explosions in the universe: A specialised observatory in Namibia has recorded the... Read more »

UNAM Moodling into a Centre of Excellence

UNAM, through its Centre for Open, Distance and eLearning (CODeL), has curved its way to prominence in the eLearning space. Through its digital transformation strategies, CODeL has made waves internationally through its... Read more »

Young graduates trained in precision desert agriculture

On the 25th of March 2021, a group of 9 agri-preneurs graduated from practical training under a project titled, Precision Desert Agriculture as a Job Creator, The project was led by the... Read more »

UNAM secures research funding within the first Africa-UniNet funding call

The Austrian-African Research Network (Africa-UniNet), funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) aims to promote new contacts and deepen scientific cooperation between Austrian and African Higher Education... Read more »

EU donates half-a-million to UNAM’s migrant effort

The European Union in partnership with the International Organisation of Migrants (IOM) made a monetary donation towards the University of Namibia’s social responsibility arm – UNAM Cares. The donation, to the tune... Read more »

FNB sows the first seed towards the fight against locusts

Since four months ago, Namibia’s north-eastern regions of Zambezi, as well as Kavango East and West, became a desired location for mega-swarms of African migratory locusts. Severe locust outbreaks causing national disasters... Read more »

Cultivating Top Class Dentists for the Future

A peek at UNAM’s new School of Dentistry The science of dentistry has largely been associated with the mechanical exercise of only removing rotten teeth, however, modern clinical dentistry is more than... Read more »

Academic receives prestigious 2020 Award for Inclusion Research from Google AI

The University of Namibia’s Pro-vice Chancellor of Research, Innovation and Development, Professor Anicia Peters, has clinched a Google AI Award for Inclusion Research. The Award was accompanied with an unrestricted gift to... Read more »

UNDP and NamibRe donate towards COVID-19 Taskforce

The inter-institutional High Level Research Coordination Taskforce (HILREC) recently received a charitable donation from the United Nations Development Programme and NamibRe. This happened after launching a competition that was part of the... Read more »

UNAM says NO to Gender Based Violence

The University of Namibia recently rallied every corner of the higher learning institution to condemn the act of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) on campus and in the country at large. The... Read more »

Bi-national Student Project Publishes an Illustrative Book

The old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words is one that continues to be confirmed through every frame that conveys its entire essence with one look and, the Windhoek... Read more »