Independent Candidates in Namibia
The emergence of independent candidates may be a trend that develops towards the holding of the regional council elections at the end of 2020. We are still a long way off from that election. People on Twitter saying they will stand in the regional elections that are still almost a year-and-a-half away doesn’t mean much […]
Namibia’s Media – The Digital Challenge
Digitalisation is transforming how media products are both created and accessed. Consumers can now exercise more control over their media use in terms of how they access content. Consumers are increasingly likely to only access a few stories from newspapers or TV stations rather than reading a newspaper from cover to cover or watching an […]
Afrobarometer: a response
Government criticism shows a misunderstanding of Afrobarometer.
Namibians do not expect access to information
Access to Information is increasingly becoming an important topic. Government has recognised that it is important for citizens to get information about what government is doing, and a draft law is in the works. There is a lot of work to do: an IPPR report last year found that most government institutions are not responsive […]
Most Namibians support more women in Parliament
Namibians’ opinions on gender, land, and history come to the forefront.
IPPR in top 50 African think tanks
The IPPR ranked 35th on the list of Sub-Saharan think tanks this year.
The Open Budget Index 2017: Namibia’s Performance
Namibia moved up slightly in the new Open Budget Index. Read more here
Response to Minister Tweya’s Criticism of our ATI report
Minister Tweya criticised our report on Access to Information. Here is our response.
Namibia & the Global Competitiveness Rankings
The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018 – an annual assessment of the factors driving productivity and prosperity in 137 countries – was released on September 27 2017. Namibia has fallen by six places on the rankings for 2017-18 – down to 90th from 84th in 2016-17. Namibia’s score was also down – 3.99 […]
Bill Lindeke Resource Centre Opened
We opened the Bill Lindeke Resource Centre, filled with books from his great collection.
