SWAKOPMUND, 11 July 2025 - Namibia emerged as the standout performer in the 2026 African country rankings, surging from 15th to 3rd place, largely driven by a favorable tax environment and improvements in other key areas. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 11 June 2026 -Speaker of the National Assembly Saara Kuugongelwa (far right), Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses (far left) photographed with ODEC management and staff and other political leaders during the unveiling of the Open Doors Education Centre (ODEC) Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Programme in Swakopmund on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 11 JUNE 2026 - Namibia has released its Impact Assessment Report on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) in Windhoek on Thursday, an event commissioned by the Executive Director and Director General at the National Planning Commission, along with Jane Matsubara, JICA advisor; Mustafa Sakr, the Head, Trade and Market Unit at AUDA; and Akihiro Hoshino, Japan International Agency Resident Representative. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUNE 2026 - Namibia has released its Impact Assessment Report on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) in Windhoek on Thursday, an event commissioned by the Executive Director and Director General at the National Planning Commission, along with Jane Matsubara, JICA advisor; Mustafa Sakr, the Head, Trade and Market Unit at AUDA; and Akihiro Hoshino, Japan International Agency Resident Representative. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUN (NAMPA) The National Planning Commission has launched its Strategic Plan for 2025/26 – 2029/30. The commission's executive director, I-Ben Nashandi (centre), led the launch alongside key strategic stakeholders in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUN (NAMPA) The National Planning Commission has launched its Strategic Plan for 2025/26 – 2029/30. The commission's executive director, I-Ben Nashandi (second from left), led the launch alongside key strategic stakeholders in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 June 2026 - Former first lady, Monica Geingos. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 10 June 2026 - Delegates attending the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) Elective Congress in Walvis Bay. The three-day congress will conclude with a the election of a new leadership to guide the association for the next term. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

A demonstrator throws a branch in the fire of a burning trash container during a rally of a "No-G7" coalition of over 60 associations, unions and left-wing groups "against fascism and imperialism”, a day ahead of the summit's start, in Geneva on June 14, 2026. The 2026 edition of the G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland, attended by country leaders as well as the EU's foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

This photograph shows a fire burning in a street with the Lake Geneva in the background during a rally of a "No-G7" coalition of over 60 associations, unions and left-wing groups "against fascism and imperialism”, a day ahead of the summit's start, in Geneva on June 14, 2026. The 2026 edition of the G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland, attended by country leaders as well as the EU's foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Brazil's mixed martial artist Alex Pereira, far right, is attended to, as France's mixed martial artist Ciryl Gane lays in the center of the ring during UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, DC, on June 15, 2026. (Photo by Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP)

A student reads the exam paper as a 4 hours philosophy dissertation kicks off the French general baccalaureat exam for getting into university, at Louis Armand high school in Nogent-sur-Marne on June 15, 2026. More than 700,000 candidates across France take the 2026 session of the Baccalaureat or "bac", the secondary school diploma required for access to higher education, with written exams running from June 15 to 18 and oral examinations through early July. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

A student fills the exam paper as a 4 hours philosophy dissertation kicks off the French general baccalaureat exam for getting into university, at Louis Armand high school in Nogent-sur-Marne on June 15, 2026. More than 700,000 candidates across France take the 2026 session of the Baccalaureat or "bac", the secondary school diploma required for access to higher education, with written exams running from June 15 to 18 and oral examinations through early July. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

A 12-ship formation consisting of six US Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcons and 6 US Navy Blue Angels fly over the White House as President Donald Trump and Dana White, president and CEO of the UFC, arrive for an Ultimate Fighting Championship match in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2026. (Photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times / POOL / AFP)

France's Education Minister Edouard Geffray distributes exam papers as a 4 hours philosophy dissertation kicks off the French general baccalaureat exam for getting into university, at Louis Armand high school in Nogent-sur-Marne on June 15, 2026. More than 700,000 candidates across France take the 2026 session of the Baccalaureat or "bac", the secondary school diploma required for access to higher education, with written exams running from June 15 to 18 and oral examinations through early July. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

France's Education Minister Edouard Geffray distributes exam papers as a 4 hours philosophy dissertation kicks off the French general baccalaureat exam for getting into university, at Louis Armand high school in Nogent-sur-Marne on June 15, 2026. More than 700,000 candidates across France take the 2026 session of the Baccalaureat or "bac", the secondary school diploma required for access to higher education, with written exams running from June 15 to 18 and oral examinations through early July. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)