The Ninth National Information and Communication Technology Summit has received a financial boost of over N$1.2 million ahead of its anticipated launch.

The Deputy Minister of Industries, Mines, and Energy, Gaudentia Kröhne, has inaugurated a fully fledged computer lab at the Minna Sachs Primary School in Keetmanshoop.

The school received 20 computers and printers valued at more than N$350,000 from the Swakop Uranium Foundation.

Paratus Namibia celebrated its 20th anniversary with the launch of its nationwide mobile network.

The development marks a milestone in the country's telecommunications landscape. 

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.

Angola has offered to assist Namibia in setting up a public data centre.

The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, visited the public data centre in Luanda, Angola, under the National Institute for the Promotion of the Information Society – INFOSI.