Namibia needs to embrace a knowledge-based economy to accelerate development and ensure that economic opportunities are not concentrated only in major cities and towns. 

Former President Nangolo Mbumba has called for the consolidation of Swapo Party unity and the protection of Namibia's national sovereignty as the country pursues economic emancipation.

Forty years after the UN recognised development as a human right, millions remain locked out of economic and social progress.

Namibian youth have been urged to prepare for the emerging oil and gas sector.

The call was made during the Oratores Novi Oil and Gas Edition debate competition held in Windhoek.

Namibia is seeking U.S. investment to drive industrialisation, expand energy production and ensure its mineral wealth creates jobs at home.

Africa's richest man, Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, urged Africans to invest more of their capital at home and turn the continent's resources into finished products, telling Unstoppable Africa 2026 in New York that Africa must stop strengthening foreign economies at its own expense.

The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Indileni Daniel, revealed that the tourism sector has created more than 57,000 jobs over the past five years.

This makes up about 7.5% of total employment in the country.

Thirty-five youth from the Uukwiyu Uushona Constituency in the Oshana Region are attending a five-day youth training programme to equip them with vital skills on social development, mental health, gender-based violence awareness, agro-processing, entrepreneurship and economic development.

Botswana is moving towards a formal partnership with a Zimbabwean waste management company to transform its landfills into recycling centres and sources of green energy and economic activity.

Some local business owners in Aminuis Constituency, Omaheke Region, believe the private sector has an important role to play in driving development and creating employment in rural communities.