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Grootfontein street vendors want fast track of the open market
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Grootfontein street vendors want fast track of the open market

Street vendors in Grootfontein are calling on their municipality to fast-track the construction of an open market to allow them to flourish in their businesses. The vendors of Grootfontein have been in desperate need of an open market for years, as selling on the streets is not conducive. From time to time, the municipality would...

Zoom Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024
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Zoom Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM), has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024. This year’s list shines a spotlight on businesses that are shaping industry and culture through their innovations. These organizations are setting new standards and...

MGA Entertainment Establishes Four Subsidiaries to Support its Fast Growing International Business in the European Union
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MGA Entertainment Establishes Four Subsidiaries to Support its Fast Growing International Business in the European Union

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MGA Entertainment, Inc. (MGA), one of the largest and fastest growing privately held toy and entertainment companies in the world, announced today it has established four wholly-owned subsidiaries in the European Union (EU) to support its fast growing international business. The four subsidiaries – MGA Toys Iberia...

Man sues fast food restaurant for over R933,000 after its toilet ‘blew up and covered him in human excrement’
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Man sues fast food restaurant for over R933,000 after its toilet ‘blew up and covered him in human excrement’

Businesses are often inundated with lawsuits over various matters, but this one is truly appalling and disgusting. According to a report by Business Insider, a man residing in Florida, America, is suing the doughnut mega corporation, Dunkin’ for more than R933,000 in damages after alleging that a toilet exploded and coated him in faeces and...

Tracy Chapman maak geskiedenis met “Fast Car”
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Tracy Chapman maak geskiedenis met “Fast Car”

Tracy Chapman maak geskiedenis met “Fast Car” Tracy Chapman gaan voort om geskiedenis te maak met haar 1988-treffer “Fast Car” nadat sy liedjie van die jaar by Woensdag se Country Music Awards gewen het. Die CMA-oorwinning is ‘n merkwaardige prestasie gegewe “Fast Car” het 35 jaar gelede gedebuteer, en het in Julie ‘n herlewing in...

Namibias Wasserbedarf verdoppelt sich seit 2015 fast
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Namibias Wasserbedarf verdoppelt sich seit 2015 fast

Blick auf den Naute-Damm im Süden des Landes © iStock / demerzel21 Namibias Wasserbedarf wird sich in den kommenden Jahren drastisch erhöhen. Das erklärte der Vize-Exekutivdirektor im Wasserministerium, Elijah Ngurare, im Rahmen eines Workshops zu Wassersicherheit und Klimawandel in Windhoek. Demnach habe der Bedarf im Jahr 2015 bei etwa 330 Millionen Kubikmeter pro Jahr gelegen....

Uranabbau wächst fast 15 % im Jahr 2023
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Uranabbau wächst fast 15 % im Jahr 2023

© H T Ganzo/iStock Vor allem der Abbau von Uran war bisher das Zugpferd der namibischen Wirtschaft in diesem Jahr. Laut der namibischen Zentralbank (BoN) werde das Wachstum in diesem Bergbauzweig in 2023 bei knapp 15 Prozent liegen. Für das kommende Jahr sind weitere 5,2 Prozent vorausgesagt. Im vergangenen Jahr schrumpfte die Urangewinnung noch um...

US and Japan make fast World Cup starts but England labour to victory
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US and Japan make fast World Cup starts but England labour to victory

England squeezed past Haiti 1-0 as they began their Women’s World Cup title bid in unconvincing fashion on Saturday, but holders the United States and former champions Japan were far more comfortable. European champions England have been touted as the prime challengers to a United States team chasing an unprecedented third World Cup crown in...

Microsoft-backed FAST Accelerator Launches 2nd Cohort of Artificial Intelligence Program to Boost African Startups
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Microsoft-backed FAST Accelerator Launches 2nd Cohort of Artificial Intelligence Program to Boost African Startups

Flapmax (https://Flapmax.com/), a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company on a mission to enrich the lives of everyone on the planet through innovation, has announced the launch of the second FAST Accelerator program. It is designed to support and fund the next generation of innovative companies and entrepreneurs throughout the African continent. Building on the success...