Voices from the Kavango

On 7 December 2020, contract labourers found a place in history at the launch of Dr Kletus Likuwa’s book “Voices from the Kavango”. A study of the contract labour system in Namibia,... Read more »

Digital marketing opportunity arises at UNAM

UNAM commercializes portal The University of Namibia has commercialized the free space on its largest and busiest social engagement and information sharing engine – The UNAM Portal. The portal is one of... Read more »

School of Military Science, Student Affairs Office give airtime to students

The School of Military Science through the Directorate of Student Affairs recently made a donation of N$350 in airtime vouchers to 5 students. These vouchers are intended to enable students, who mainly... Read more »

UNAM becomes an In-Region DAAD Training Centre for Master’s Degree in Biodiversity Management

One of the world’s largest funding organisations for the international exchange of students and researchers, DAAD, has once again demonstrated its commitment towards fostering sustained academic development by offering in-country and in-region... Read more »

Haimbili’s long journey to varsity

…as University meets him halfway to realise his dreams For some students, the fight for a better life only starts after graduating from a tertiary institution. However, the same cannot be said... 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 »

MTC invest N$864 000 towards UNAM’s Work Integrated Learning

Namibia’s premier digital enabler, MTC has given support to the University of Namibia (UNAM) with a total of N$864 000 towards the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programme. The programme is a three-year-long... Read more »

2nd Short Stories for Children Competition launched

Namibia-Wales ‘Stories for Children’ Competition 2021 now taking contestants Working, once more, in collaboration under the banner of the Phoenix Project, the University of Namibia and Cardiff University in Wales (UK) launched... 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 »