Does Africa have knowledge to offer?

Indigenous knowledge – crafting its precedence in the global knowledge arena  For ages, the African continent has been deemed as a region with impertinent knowledge to contribute to the global pool of... Read more »

UNAM Doctor publishes enlightening anesthesiology book

TOBI’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN ANAESTHESIA AND INTENSIVE CARE: INTERNATIONAL EDITION Anaesthesiology is a science vaguely understood as the administration of sedatives that limits sensitivity to pain. However, this knowledge domain encompasses... Read more »

Namibian female astrophysicist secures a research grant from AfAS

Born in Windhoek, raised in the small town of Okongo, in the northern part of Namibia and attended secondary school at ELCIN Nkurenkuru High School in Kavango West region, Hambeleleni Davids (30)... Read more »

UNAM academic publishes eye-opening book

African communication systems and the digital age Academic firebrand and UNAM lecturer, Professor Eno Akpabio, has recently published a book titled “African Communication Systems and the Digital Age”. The 165 paged eye... Read more »

Front-row view reveals exceptional cosmic explosion

Observation challenges established theory of gamma-ray bursts in the universe Scientists have gained the best view yet of the brightest explosions in the universe: A specialised observatory in Namibia has recorded the... Read more »

#COVIDNamVacc awareness campaign off to a good start

The University of Namibia, through its UNAM Cares Project, has combined efforts with the Cardiff University Phoenix Project in a Covid-19 vaccination awareness campaign in Namibia, code-named #COVIDNamVacc Project. The multi-million dollar... Read more »

NBS en route to solve the drought challenge in Namibia and the region

Drought has become one of the biggest slow-growing threats to Namibia and Southern Africa’s food security. However, this mammoth challenge is set to change with UNAM’s Namibia Business School (NBS) “Crystal Water”... 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »