From Bambara fields to Bremen labs: UNAM students sharpen smart farming skills in Germany

“So happy for my students. Another scientific exposure with the experts in a foreign country, thanks to the University of Namibia, Bremen University, the ERASMUS programme of the University of Bremen, and... Read more »

Teaching Mobility Visit Strengthens UNAM-Freiburg Academic Partnership

A teaching mobility visits by Dr. Misitilde Jonas-Iita of the University of Namibia (UNAM) to the University of Education Freiburg, Germany, has reinforced a growing academic partnership focused on Indigenous Knowledge Systems... Read more »

Ready to save a life: UNAM becomes Namibia’s only university to offer American Heart Association life-support training

When someone collapses from cardiac arrest, the first few minutes decide whether they live. Thanks to a new accreditation, more Namibians will soon know exactly what to do in those minutes. The... Read more »

Every minute matters: UNAM and Idaho State University train 24 health workers to save mothers and babies

A newborn who does not breathe, or a mother who bleeds heavily after delivery, leaves a midwife only minutes to act. Twenty-four midwives and doctors from the Zambezi, Kavango East and Kavango... Read more »

Small mushrooms, big lessons: Schlip learners grow food, skills and hope with UNAM Cares

In a fruiting room in Schlip, Hardap Region, Grade 8, 9 and 10 learners are harvesting Golden Oyster mushrooms they grew themselves. Mentored by UNAM Cares at the University of Namibia, learners... Read more »

Under Namibia’s southern sky, UNAM astronomers welcome Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister

High in the Khomas Highlands, where some of the world’s most powerful telescopes scan the southern sky for gamma rays, UNAM astronomers welcomed a visitor from well beyond the world of science.... Read more »

UNAM’s NamHack Innovators win special prize at Global HackAtom final in Russia

Five University of Namibia students have won a special prize at the Global HackAtom international student championship in Russia. The prize earns the team, NamHack Innovators, a place at the Obninsk Tech... Read more »

UNAM Lecturer Sharpens Statistical Ecology Skills at Oxford Workshop

For Dr Lineekela Nauyoma, a part-time lecturer in UNAM’s Department of Environmental Science, the numbers behind wildlife populations have always mattered. A recent workshop at the University of Oxford gave him sharper... Read more »

Three UNAM students begin their CA journey, backed by STANLIB

STANLIB Namibia has committed N$106,976.46 to support three first-year Bachelor of Chartered Accounting students at the University of Namibia, in a bursary handover held at the Vice-Chancellor’s Office on the UNAM Main... Read more »

UNAM students champion urban food security through maize harvest initiative

What may have appeared to be an ordinary harvesting activity at the University of Namibia’s Zero Emission Research Initiative (ZERI) on 13 May 2026 carried far greater significance. It reflected the growing... Read more »

UNAM confers Honorary Doctorate on Nahas Angula

The atmosphere at the University of Namibia’s graduation ceremony on 29 April 2026 was one of reverence and reflection ­­– an occasion not only to celebrate academic achievement, but to honour a... Read more »

How a young man from São Tomé found his voice at UNAM

He had never been on a plane. He could barely say good morning. He knew no one. And he had just crossed half a continent to enrol at a university he had... Read more »