The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC) and Basecamp empowered creatives with a

N$1.6 million from a collective grant pool. 

Namibia has urged immediate, concrete steps to reform global governance and strengthen multilateral cooperation as member states gather to take stock of the Pact for the Future, saying the commitments in the Pact must be translated into national, regional and international action ahead of the 2028 review.

The Electricity Control Board (ECB) has approved a 3.7% bulk electricity tariff increase for NamPower, lower than the utility's requested 8.4%. The new tariff takes effect on 1 August 2026.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wants the newly established Namibia-South Africa Business Council to turn the tide on the widening trade imbalance by driving shared investment between the two countries.

Business leaders from South Africa and Namibia used the Namibia-South Africa Business Forum to urge their governments to back a new joint business council with concrete measures on industrialisation, green energy and faster, cheaper cross‑border trade.