The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Lucia Iipumbu, has announced that the government has allocated funds for a software upgrade aimed at restoring the functionality of the Automatic Biometric Information System, which collapsed in 2025 due to ageing infrastructure.
Members of parliament in the National Council supported the vote for the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, commending the government for installing network towers in key village areas.
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare said his office and that of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, under the direction of the President, have begun preliminary assessments of the ownership of government data and digital infrastructure.
Usakos is poised to become one of Namibia's most digitally advanced towns, following the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding between Telecom Namibia and the Usakos Town Council.
Africa finds itself at a pivotal juncture in the digital landscape.
While the continent has a population of 1.4 billion people, representing 18% of the world's population, it holds less than 1% of global data centre capacity.
The Minister of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), Emma Theofelus, has urged ICT stakeholders not to work in isolation but to collaborate with the government to address sector challenges and accelerate service delivery.
