The Second Session of the Botswana-Namibia Bi-National Commission (BNC) convened in Windhoek on Monday. 

Namibia and Botswana are to sign an agreement on research, science, and technology during the second Bi-National Commission, which will be co-chaired by the two nations' presidents this week.

Namibia and Botswana are set to review progress across multiple areas of cooperation, including diplomatic, legal, economic, social, and defence and security matters.

Botswana's High Commissioner to Namibia, Phemelo Rankoro, says the duties of a commissioner go beyond diplomacy and include facilitating trade. 

Rankoro made the remarks during a visit to Namibia's textile company, Dinapama.

The University of Namibia (UNAM) launched the Perivoli Schools Trust Early Child Care, or PST Education Model, programme in collaboration with the University of Bristol in the UK.

The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) has constructed two houses for the customs officials serving at Buitepos along the Botswana and Namibia border. 

The total cost of the first phase of the project was about N$4.6 million, which included the servicing of land.

The Joint Ministerial Committee meeting held recently in Kasane, Botswana, between the Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi and Botswana's Transport and Infrastructure Minister Noah Salakae ended with an understanding of renewed urgency and optimism over the stalled Trans-Kalahari Railway Project (TKR).

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah returned from her introductory visits to Botswana and Zambia on Friday evening.

The President's visits were aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between Namibia and the two neighboring countries.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and her Botswana counterpart, Duma Boko, have proposed joint economic projects to shield the economies of the two countries from external shocks.

This is after the two leaders bemoaned the inequalities facing the people of both countries, terming it as unacceptable.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has embarked on working visits to Botswana and Zambia to strengthen bilateral relations.