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 »

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 »