As the world continues to reflect on the life and impact of the late President Hage Geingob, some in civil society and the local media credit him with positioning Namibia as a respected voice on the international stage.

A charismatic man who expertly understood geopolitics and international relations, Geingob has been credited with thrusting Namibia onto the global stage, using international platforms to expound Namibia's position on global conflicts.

The Institute for Public Policy Research's (IPPR) latest Procurement Tracker edition indicates that the local content policy for the oil and gas industries is likely to result in the revision of the Petroleum Act and its regulations, as well as the model petroleum agreement the Mines and Energy Ministry has with the international oil companies.

The procurement tracker highlighted some of the procurement risks that local policy content carries for Namibia.

Namibians are called on to take action against corruption, if they want equitable beneficiation of the country's natural resources, particularly in the extraction industry. 

The Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Graham Hopwood, spoke at a workshop, aimed to investigate the possibilities of formulating the non-state actors' position, on transparency and accountability of extractive industries in Namibia. in view of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).