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)

Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy mass at the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Island of Tenerife on June 12, 2026. Pope Leo XIV is on the final day of a seven-day trip to Spain, including Madrid, Barcelona and the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife where he met with migrants and organisations dedicated to helping them. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)

Alpine's Argentine driver Franco Colapinto takes part in the first practice session at the Circuit de Catalunya ahead of the Catalonia Formula One Grand Prix in Montmelo, on the outskirts of Barcelona on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)

Women clergy pray in front of the coffin of a victim of the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School fire as they join prayers with religious leaders from several denominations during a memorial mass amid growing concern over a wave of school fires across Kenya at Gilgil Stadium in Gilgil, on June 12, 2026. The blaze at Utumishi Girls Academy last month left 16 schoolgirls dead and 132 injured, according to the Kenya Red Cross, one of 47 fires that have broken out across the country this year.The spate of school fires has provoked a national conversation, and raised urgent political questions.But at Gilgil Stadium, in Nakuru County about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Nairobi, spiritual leaders steered the conversation away from political questions. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)

The father of a victim of the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School fire reacts as he is comforted by others in front of a coffin during a memorial mass amid growing concern over a wave of school fires across Kenya at Gilgil Stadium in Gilgil, on June 12, 2026. The blaze at Utumishi Girls Academy last month left 16 schoolgirls dead and 132 injured, according to the Kenya Red Cross, one of 47 fires that have broken out across the country this year.The spate of school fires has provoked a national conversation, and raised urgent political questions.But at Gilgil Stadium, in Nakuru County about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Nairobi, spiritual leaders steered the conversation away from political questions. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)

A general view shows the coffins of victims of the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School as mourners pray during a memorial mass amid growing concern over a wave of school fires across Kenya at Gilgil Stadium in Gilgil, on June 12, 2026. The blaze at Utumishi Girls Academy last month left 16 schoolgirls dead and 132 injured, according to the Kenya Red Cross, one of 47 fires that have broken out across the country this year.The spate of school fires has provoked a national conversation, and raised urgent political questions.But at Gilgil Stadium, in Nakuru County about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Nairobi, spiritual leaders steered the conversation away from political questions. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)

A relative mourns as she hugs a portrait of a victim of the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School fire while being comforted by others in front of a coffin during a memorial mass amid growing concern over a wave of school fires across Kenya at Gilgil Stadium in Gilgil, on June 12, 2026. The blaze at Utumishi Girls Academy last month left 16 schoolgirls dead and 132 injured, according to the Kenya Red Cross, one of 47 fires that have broken out across the country this year.The spate of school fires has provoked a national conversation, and raised urgent political questions.But at Gilgil Stadium, in Nakuru County about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Nairobi, spiritual leaders steered the conversation away from political questions. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)

Community health volunteers carry flowers to place on the coffins of victims of the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School fire as mourners pray during a memorial mass amid growing concern over a wave of school fires across Kenya at Gilgil Stadium in Gilgil, on June 12, 2026. The blaze at Utumishi Girls Academy last month left 16 schoolgirls dead and 132 injured, according to the Kenya Red Cross, one of 47 fires that have broken out across the country this year.The spate of school fires has provoked a national conversation, and raised urgent political questions.But at Gilgil Stadium, in Nakuru County about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Nairobi, spiritual leaders steered the conversation away from political questions. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)