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

Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer, speaks before the launch of SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on June 12, 2026. Elon Musk's SpaceX begins trading on the Nasdaq exchange on Friday with the biggest initial public offering in history expected to make the polarizing entrepreneur the world's first trillionaire. The company priced more than 555 million shares at $135 each in a filing with the US markets regulator on Thursday, placing SpaceX in the top 10 of Wall Street's biggest companies with a valuation of just under $1.8 trillion -- ahead of Tesla, Facebook-owner Meta and Walmart. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Pallbearers carry the coffin during the funeral ceremony of 11-year-old girl Lyhanna, in Fleurance, south western France on June 12, 2026. The body of Lyhanna was found last week after she went missing on May 29 in the southwestern town of Fleurance. The suspect, a 41-year-old father of a school friend of the victim, had twice before been formally accused of raping a child, but investigations had been dropped or had stalled. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)

Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Wladyslaw Kosiniak Kamysz talks sits among empty chairs and talks on his mobile phone after the ceremony for the official entry into service with the Polish Air Force of the first tree US-made F-35 aircrafts (Polish codename Husarz) on June 12, 2026, at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, central Poland. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

(FILES) CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, South African-Canadian-US businessman Elon Musk speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026. Elon Musk's SpaceX began its first day as a public company on Wall Street on June 12, 2026, after the biggest initial public offering in history, with the polarizing entrepreneur promising he will take humanity to Mars. The blockbuster operation, which raised more than $75 billion, is expected to make Musk the world's first trillionaire and kick off a series of major IPOs by AI companies in the coming months. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

(FILES) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. Elon Musk's SpaceX began its first day as a public company on Wall Street on June 12, 2026, after the biggest initial public offering in history, with the polarizing entrepreneur promising he will take humanity to Mars. The blockbuster operation, which raised more than $75 billion, is expected to make Musk the world's first trillionaire and kick off a series of major IPOs by AI companies in the coming months. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

The nose and cockpit window of a US-made F-35 aircraft (Polish codename Husarz) of the Polish Air Force is pictured while parked on the tarmac at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, central Poland, on June 12, 2026, on the day of their official entry into service with the Polish Air Force. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

US-made F-35 aircraft (Polish codename Husarz) of the Polish Air Force is seen parked on the tarmac at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, central Poland, on June 12, 2026, on the day of their official entry into service with the Polish Air Force. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

Two US-made F-35 aircrafts (Polish codename Husarz) of the Polish Air Force are seen parked on the tarmac at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, central Poland, on June 12, 2026, on the day of their official entry into service with the Polish Air Force. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)