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 »

UNAM Cares: N$11 424 from Namibian Scholars in the Diaspora for E-learning

Two Namibian scholars in the United States of America have gone the extra mile to support [UNAM] students from low-income families with data bundles, to access online learning during the outbreak of... Read more »

Debmarine Namibia adds 2nd PCR to UNAM’s Covid-19 testing lab

In partnership with the University of Namibia, in addition to the initial machine availed at the launch of the lab in August 2020, Debmarine Namibia has recently sponsored a second PCR machine... Read more »

New director for UNAM Foundation

The University of Namibia Foundation has a new leader. The charitable trust recently announced that Ms Bernadette Bock was appointed as director, effective 1st of March 2021. She replaces Ms Lorna Mbwale... Read more »

UNAM receives 6700 rapid test kits from China University of Geosciences

In support of the efforts of the Covid-19 Testing Lab at the University of Namibia, the China University of Geosciences in Beijing donated 6,700 anti-coronavirus rapid test kits. The donation, valued at... Read more »

UNAM Virtual Graduation

The institution will have its virtual graduation ceremony on 28 April 2021. Please watch this space for link details. This is the link to your Flip e-Book, which will only be accessible... 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 »

Is the dawn of Corporate Academia upon us?

An analysis of UNAM’s restructuring As a proud alumnus of the University of Namibia’s Department of Political and Administrative Studies. I thought it is necessary to take a closer look at 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 »

Namibia’s first female medical entomologist

UNAM produces the country’s third entomologist: Rosalia Joseph Born in a region rampant with malaria, Rosalia Joseph (26) didn’t dream of having her master’s degree research work contribute to changes on how... Read more »

Christmas in Dordadis

On 16 December 2020, the University of Namibia hosted the community of Dordabis and Stinkwater to an early Christmas celebration through the University’s corporate social responsibility arm – UNAM Cares. At the... Read more »

Bath Spa University donates laptops to UNAM students

Bath Spa University in the UK, donated laptops to seven UNAM students through their “Covid-19 Rapid Response programme”, as part of the strategic funding provided by the UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund.... Read more »