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 »

School of Pharmacy takes different approach towards students’ dissertation

Late last year, the School of Pharmacy, in the Faculty of Health Sciences, had a research presentation poster exhibition which displayed the thesis of the fourth-year students that are majoring in the... Read more »