Israel: A Success Story for Water Resilient Agriculture
Government & Drip irrigation are changing the desert.
Maximising Productivity and Profitability of Beef Production
“It is essential to have a healthy productive cattle sector because it will provide raw materials to add value too, ...
Key Note Address
Statement by Honourable Carl-Hermann Gustav Schlettwein, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, on the occasion of the EAN Conference ...
The Role of Modern Agriculture in Economic Development
The evolving approach to agricultural innovations and farming practices that help farmers increase productivity, and efficiency without diminishing available water ...
Solar energy not a cheaper alternative to conventional power: Brown
WINDHOEK, 05 SEP (NAMPA) General Manager of the Renewable Energy Industry Association of Namibia (REIAoN), Harald Schütt has expressed dissatisfaction ...
African countries challenged to create value chains
Renowned Namibian economist of the Economic Association of Namibia, Klaus Schade, has thrown his weight behind growing debate that diamond ...
Five Years On, Economic Association Has Made an Indelible Mark, Enjoys Extensive Corporate Support
The Economic Association has just received funding from an institutional supporter to help it develop capacity and to cover administrative ...
The AfCFTA came into force
At an extraordinary African Union meeting in Kigali on 21 March 2018 44 out of 55 African states signed the ...
Central Procurement Board must prioritise local businesses to create jobs
WINDHOEK – It is imperative that financial resources allocated in the national budget circulate in the domestic economy, as more ...
Loud silence as Harambee turned three
The Harambee Prosperity Plan – launched in 2016 – turned three years old on 1 April 2019. The Presidency could ...
BoN not worried about SARB nationalisation
Central bank deputy governor, Ebson Uanguta has said that the bank is not worried about calls by South African president ...
Of tax-free allowances and inequality – Klaus Schade
Sometimes, well-meant interventions have unintended consequences. One case in point are tax-free allowances, such as tax-free housing allowances, tax-free car ...
Doubling Psemas fees will impact lower earners harder – Schade
During the tabling of the national budget on Wednesday, Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein announced that the member’s contribution to the ...
Namibia’s ability to be a logistics hub challenged
NAMIBIA’S vision of becoming a logistics hub is too ambitious, desultory and costly, and should be reassessed, says Rainer Ritter ...
MTEF2019/20 to 2021/22 – First impressions
EAN member Klaus Schade shared his first impressions of the MTEF 2019/20 to 2021/22 at a breakfast meeting organised by ...
To empower or to disempower?
The world has just celebrated International Women’s Day with calls for additional efforts to empower women. Similarly, empowering currently disadvantaged ...
Namibia’s fiscal policy at a crossroads
The Namibian economy is at a difficult juncture when it comes to its fiscal policy since the country’s independence in ...