Adaptation Futures (AF) is an International Climate Change Adaptation Conference hosted every second year since 2010, with the aim of facilitating dialogues amongst key actors from diverse perspectives and regions. This was the first time that this conference took place on the African continent...
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The University of Namibia (UNAM), the University of Cape Town (UCT) and OXFAM in collaboration with the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, are implementing a collaborative Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) Project (www.assar. uct.ac.za).
Thus, tune in every Monday from...
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The University of Namibia, recently welcomed 10 students from the Pacific Lutheran University, USA, 3 students from Finland and 1 from Germany. These students took an exceptional special decision and journeyed from two continents to make University of Namibia their home for a semester.
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Prof. Eno Akpabio of the Department of Information and Communication Studies, University of Namibia participated in the Journalism for Change Network Project under the aegis of the Centre for International Mobility in Finland (CIMO) recently.
He, along with colleagues from the Universities...
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Call for Papers
The Multidisciplinary Research Centre was established to promote and conduct research by strengthening research collaboration with UNAM faculties and stakeholders from public and private sectors, as well as with regional and international partners.
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In celebrating our investment to the future of our nations, HealthNet Solutions signed an agreement with the University of Namibia Foundation to fund four students at a cost of Twenty-Three Thousand US Dollars. The agreement, which will run from 01 May 2018 to February 2020, will see...
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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) organised a first-in-along-time alumni meeting for former and current DAAD scholarship holders in Windhoek, Namibia.
Mr Cay Etzold from the DAAD Head Office in Bonn talked to UNAM about DAAD’s scholarship programmes for Sub-Saharan Africa. He...
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The next edition of an intensive course which is an integral part of the activities of the Journalism for Change Network project under the aegis of the North-South-South Program organised and financed by Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) in Finland will be hosted by the Department of...
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Of all the continents, Africa faces the largest challenges concerning soil conservation and food security, in the face of increasing populations and environmental change.
Top scientists in microbiology from seven sub-Saharan African countries (including Namibia) met at the University of...
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Brief overview of the SDG games
The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, are 17 Goals that aspire to universally mobilize global efforts with the aim of ending all forms of poverty, fighting inequalities and...
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Last week, the University of Namibia (UNAM), together with the China University of Geoscience, Beijing (CUGB), commemorated the fifth anniversary of their “special brain child” – the Confucius Institute in Namibia, based at UNAM.
Speaking at the ceremony, UNAM Vice Chancellor and...
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The Department of Social Work held a capacity building workshop with students recently, with a staunch focus on equipping 4th year social work students with skills to address Gender-Based Violence (GBV). It started with a topic on: “Change starts with me” and ended with “use your power with and...
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The Department of Geography, History and Environmental Studies (DGHES) in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at the University of Namibia (UNAM) hosted a 4 day training from 09 - 12 February 2015 on Collect Earth software. The training was sponsored and conducted by the Food...
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The Centre for Quality Assurance and Management (CEQUAM) announced that UNAM received positive accreditation reports from the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). Three qualifications were accredited during the first phase of UNAM’s programme accreditation which ended late last year....
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The Centre for Quality Assurance and Management (CEQUAM) announced that UNAM received positive accreditation reports from the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). Three qualifications were accredited during the first phase of UNAM’s programme accreditation which ended late last year. Dr...
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“Driving development in Africa through research informed policy”
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The Business Development division is streamlined to solicit projects that relates to business activities, but a major challenge in this division is that the business environment constantly changes, and new skills and strategies are thus required to reposition the business development services...
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2015 is of special relevance to the German-Namibian relations, since we are celebrating the 25 year anniversary of Namibian Independence and the concurrent commencement of diplomatic relations between our two countres. Together with its partners from the cultural, economic, political and...
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“Emerging technologies and skills development”
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Indigenous Knowledge of Namibia is a fascinating compendium aimed at a wide readership of academics and students, government officials, policy makers, and donors. The 17 chapters examine the indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants for treating HIV/AIDS, malaria, cancer, and other microbial...
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Cardiff University, has provided two interns to the Strategic and Physical Planning Department of the University of Namibia. Their role is to assist the Strategic and Physical Planning Department to undertake institutional research studies.
This student mobility arrangement has been...
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The University of Namibia through its Multidisciplinary Research Centre (MRC) will host a Multi/Interdisciplinary Research Conference at Hilton Hotel, Windhoek from 04-06 November 2015. The conference aims to convene scholars, development practitioners and policy makers under one umbrella to...
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Dr. Temmerman studied biology in the early nineties achieving a master degree at Ghent University (Belgium) after which he was involved in both pre- and postdoctoral biotechnological research focusing on the molecular mechanisms of plant microbe interactions.
Ten years ago he had a...
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A senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law, published a much needed book on property law in Namibia; a field that has very little local material available in the country. The name of the book is appropriately titled 'Property Law in Namibia'.
Dr Samuel K Amoo, the author of the book explained...
