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

France's Education Minister Edouard Geffray addresses media following a visit to students during their mathematics exam as part of the baccalaureate at the Gabriel Faure school and middle school in Paris on June 12, 2026. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

This photograph shows a mathematics exam paper delivered to a student as part of the baccalaureate exam during his visit of France's Education minister at the Gabriel Faure school and middle school in Paris on June 12, 2026. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / POOL / AFP)

France's Education Minister Edouard Geffray leaves following a visit to students during their mathematics exam as part of the baccalaureate at the Gabriel Faure school and middle school in Paris on June 12, 2026. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

TOPSHOT - Democratic Party members Batmunkh Davaasambuu (L) and Enkhmunkh Batjargal push a display of sheep meat past portraits of former Mongolian prime ministers in the corridor of the State Palace in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, on June 11, 2026. Members of the Democratic Party held a briefing for media using sheep meat to highlight price increases over the past 10 years and demanded accountability from the ruling Mongolian People’s Party. (Photo by BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR / AFP)

Pedestrians walk across a street next to an electronic sign board showing the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)

France's Education Minister Edouard Geffray addresses media following a visit to students during their mathematics exam as part of the baccalaureate at the Gabriel Faure school and middle school in Paris on June 12, 2026. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

The H3 rocket No. 6 is launched at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 12, 2026. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow shake hands prior to their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)