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Press Freedom day addresses digital era

By Tubaleye Lichipisa The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) in conjunction with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held its celebration- World Press Freedom Day, under the theme Journalism Under Digital Siege. “Namibia continues to play a leading role in advocating for free and independent media on a global level, the World Press Freedom Day affords us an opportunity to voice our support for journalist who continues to provide the public with reliable and timely information, a task that has not only become more important, especially at a time where misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms hamper the good work done by journalist,” said Hon Dr. Peya Mushelenga The Minister of Informatio...

NUST confers more than 2000

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Last week the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) held its graduation ceremony face to face which it wasn’t able to host for the past two years due to the pandemic, although in 2020 and 2021 its graduate ceremony had been held online for a virtual audience. This year the ceremony wasn’t hosted at the Safari Hotel as usual where it has been hosted since its inception ,but rather at the campus to cater to more than 2000 graduates.“Allow me to remind graduates that they should keep abreast of the happenings in the world and not take anything in their lives for granted, Namibia and the World is watching you, as you have a moral duty as a bonified citizen of the world to plough back, to contribute to the economic development of your countries and your societies to educate th...

It’s Spectrum or Nothing

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By: Tubaleye Lichipisa The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) hosted a public consultative meeting on the Spectrum Assignment Strategy for the period 2022 to 2024 on 12 April 2022, in Windhoek. As per Section 99 of the Communications Act (No. 8 of 2009), CRAN is vested with the control, planning, administration, management and licensing of the radio frequency spectrum. CRAN deems it prudent to keep abreast of the latest regulatory trends and technology developments to ensure the efficient use of spectrum as a limited resource, taking into account that spectrum forms the basis for development of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Speaking at the consultative meeting, Mrs. Emilia Nghikembua, Chief Executive Officer, said, “CRAN has develo...