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Communications Act needs amendment – CRAN

2 weeks ago - 30 March 2021 | Technology

The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has called on lawmakers to amend the “outdated” Communications Act of 2009 in a bid to respond to evolving technology.A CRAN delegation met with members of the Parliamentary...

Budding coders realise their dream

4 weeks ago - 22 March 2021 | Technology

DoBox in the capital, launched the CodeCave late last year, welcoming entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts and small businesses to use its dedicated ICT space and think big in terms of their activities. One forward-thinking organisation using...

Levelling the playing field

1 month - 03 March 2021 | Technology

Paratus Namibia announced that it has signed its first “Fibre Open Access” agreement, onboarding Africa Online as a client.This is the first of many deals in which Paratus will share its infrastructure with licensed operators...

Waves of change

2 months ago - 17 February 2021 | Technology

Along with the news that Paratus is the landing party for the Equiano subsea cable in Namibia, the former also welcomes private licensed operator Demshi Investment Holdings as an investor.The deal realizes the vision of...

NWR website up again

2 months ago - 10 February 2021 | Technology

Namibia Wildlife Resorts’ Windhoek server was attacked by ransomware over the weekend, resulting in the NWR booking system – Innkeeper and its email server – being unresponsive. NWR Managing Director Dr Matthias Ngwangwama, said that...

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Hommeltuie bring nuwe uitdagings vir internasionale wetgewing

2 months ago - 01 February 2021 | Technology

Waarneming met behulp van hommeltuie is vinnig besig om ’n algemene verskynsel te word. Dit het by militêre gevegte begin, maar het reeds na ander...

Exciting new opportunities for FemTech

2 months ago - 26 January 2021 | Technology

DoBox and the Embassy of France announced the launching of the FemTech project to support the development of Namibia’s Female Tech Entrepreneurs.The project responds to...

Messaging apps: What now?

3 months ago - 13 January 2021 | Technology

Windhoek • [email protected] of the popular messaging app, Whatsapp, are concerned after it was announced in December that new terms of service will be rolled...

Cyber security in the spotlight

4 months ago - 09 December 2020 | Technology

The sixth Namibia National Cyber Security Competition was held at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), under the theme “Cyber Security Automated: Rethinking...

We, the Internet

6 months ago - 06 October 2020 | Technology

On 10 October 2020, thousands of citizens representing the diversity of their respective countries will gather in more than 70 countries around the world to...

Promoting access to information through community broadcasters

7 months ago - 11 September 2020 | Technology

Namibia Media Trust (NMT), a member of the ACTION Coalition, has teamed up with community radio stations under the auspices of the Namibia Community Broadcasters...

Female ‘hackers’ take the lead

8 months ago - 18 August 2020 | Technology

Sixty-eight teams of young innovators registered to take part in a virtual hackathon aimed at improving public service delivery last month.The hackathon was initiated by...

City denies 5G technology

9 months ago - 16 July 2020 | Technology

Windhoek • [email protected] the proposed plan to implement 5G technology with Huawei has been discussed at length at many council meetings, the City of Windhoek...

A marathon of a hackathon

9 months ago - 09 July 2020 | Technology

The UNDP Namibia Accelerator Lab has partnered with the Namibia University Science and Technology (NUST) Tech Hub and Green Enterprise Solutions in hosting a virtual...

Broadband policy to be implemented...

10 months ago - 16 June 2020 | Technology

The ministry of information communication and technology (MICT) will ensure the implementation of the National Broadband Policy and its implementation action plan for telecommunications operators...

How secure are your [email protected]$w0rds?

11 months ago - 24 April 2020 | Technology

From a business perspective, one of the top risks to address with home users right now are bad password practices, such as using weak passwords...

Onandete, Namgo win big bucks...

11 months ago - 21 April 2020 | Technology

In total, 108 teams joined the #NamibiaHacksCovid19 hackathon to fight the pandemic in Namibia, with more than 400 participants working on solutions and submitting 52...

Hacking Covid-19, Namibian style!

1 year - 15 April 2020 | Technology

Join in the fight Covid-19 in Namibia when StartUp Namibia hosts a 54-hour Hackathon this weekend!The online event was created through a partnership with GIZ...