https://www.bizcommunity.com/148/849.html Namibia news 15 NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise news - Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/148/849.html en-us Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:55:29 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/african-scientists-invited-to-apply-for-150000-jennifer-ward-oppenheimer-research-grant-511980a Open to early-career African scientists working to advance the continent’s biodiversity and conservation, the Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant is now accepting applications. 1-266696 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:48:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/international-womens-day-4-south-african-women-included-in-kfc-africa-female-firsts-288897a To mark International Women’s Day 2026, KFC is paying tribute to 55 African women from 22 countries who demonstrate the power of giving without recognition, resources or fanfare. 1-266250 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:20:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/innovations-from-uganda-and-tanzania-selected-for-hms-global-change-award-2026-511510a After receiving 450 innovative sustainable fashion solutions from 81 countries worldwide, the H&M Foundation announced the 2026 Global Change Award (GCA) finalists — including Living Carbon Capture Dye Systems from Uganda and KelTex from Tanzania. 1-266166 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/how-to-back-africa-next-gen-green-and-blue-entrepreneurs-628411a Under the theme “From Ambition to Action: Scaling Investment in Africa's Green and Blue Solutions”, Matsi Modise, Africa lead at the World Climate Foundation, outlined three ways Africa can help green and blue entrepreneurs reach their full potential. Modise was speaking at the 2026 Africa's Green Economy Summit being held at the Century City Convention Centre in Cape Town. 1-265981 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:04:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/lagos-fashion-week-wins-the-2025-earthshot-prize-841153a To Lagos Fashion Week founder Omoyemi Akerele, fashion has the power to create jobs, preserve culture, and transform lives. Akerele is committed to transforming the wasteful nature of fashion by encouraging designers to adopt sustainable practices during fashion week and beyond. Hoping to expand to the rest of Africa, Akerele and Lagos Fashion Week just got a head start, as it was named one of the five 2025 Earthshot Prize winners. 1-263059 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:28:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/anglo-american-investfest-2025-building-entrepreneurial-resilience-across-southern-africa-282567a Anglo American’s Impact Finance Network (IFN) brought together more than 300 entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and development partners to discuss ways businesses in Southern Africa can build entrepreneurial resilience and foster collaboration at InvestFest 2025, which was held at Victoria Yards in Johannesburg on 1 October 2025. 1-262000 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/how-african-companies-are-setting-the-stage-for-sustainable-growth-409619a From the looks of things, climate action in the corporate space is at a standstill. Statistics show that there’s been a drop in emissions reporting as well as a decrease in targets aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Just 7% of global and 6% of African companies fully report greenhouse gas emissions across scopes one, two, and three. Worldwide, reporting is down from 9% in 2024 and 10% in 2023. Global companies setting targets to reduce emissions across all scopes decreased by three percentage points year-over-year to 13%, following a high of 19% in 2023. Meanwhile, only 10% of African companies set targets for all scopes – three percentage points below the global average. 1-261855 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:48:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/african-businesses-urged-to-unlock-growth-through-disability-inclusion-843353a African companies that ignore disability inclusion (that’s overlooking 80 million people with disabilities across the continent) are essentially “leaving growth on the table.” And the research backs the potential of this untapped market: people with disabilities control $18.3tn in annual spending power worldwide. And yet 98% say that media, marketing, products and services fail to reflect their reality. Africa’s first-ever Valuable 500 Summit, hosted at The Houghton Hotel in Johannesburg by Afrika Tikkun in partnership with the Valuable 500 and the Gauteng Provincial Government, sought to unlock the potential of this untapped market. 1-261559 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sudan-emergency-response-rooms-win-norwegian-human-rights-award-065515a A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize to the Emergency Response Rooms, a Sudanese network of community groups providing aid, for "their courageous work to preserve the most fundamental human right - the right to life". Four past laureates of the Rafto prize — Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, East Timor's Jose Ramos-Horta, South Korea's Kim Dae-jung and Iran's Shirin Ebadi — went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. 1-261527 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/african-leaders-unite-to-fund-50bn-yearly-climate-initiative-despite-global-setbacks-510260a Africa is aiming to secure $50bn a year for a new continental climate solutions initiative sponsored by Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a draft declaration after a leaders' climate summit in Addis Ababa showed. 1-261326 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:44:00 +0200 Bizcommunity NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise Namibia