Frederico Links – Windhoek Observer

01 Oct

Media and civil society join forces to combat misinformation ahead of elections

ObserverNational NewsFrederico Links, Namibia Fact-Check

Martin Endjala A coalition of Namibian media and civil society organisations has come together to promote the dissemination of credible information in the run-up to the November 2024 elections. The initiative, which is aimed at helping voters critically engage with political messaging, was announced on Tuesday by Frederico Links, the editor of Namibia Fact-Check. “This is a much-needed and very welcome initiative. We are definitely seeing an uptick in election-related misinformation and disinformation ahead of the 27 November elections, so he explained that this initiative will help us and our partners try to stem the tide of falsehoods that could…

Geopolitics is unavoidable in Green Hydrogen

ObserverNational NewsFrederico Links, Geopolitics is unavoidable in Green Hydrogen

Martin Endjala With more interest emerging from numerous countries globally in the much-anticipated green energy boom in Namibia, some experts have come to terms with geopolitics, saying that it is impossible for projects of this magnitude to not be politicized. Frederico Links, a Researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research, said that energy is a geo-political policy and security concern and priority and politics are what is driving energy discussions everywhere. “Green hydrogen, like all other energy-related developments, is political so the fact that it would be politicized, is a given. It is simply unavoidable and Namibia is no…

Public procurement transparency still falls short

ObserverObserver MoneyFrederico Links, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) research associate, Public procurement

Staff Writer THE majority of public entities complied with the dictates of the law in terms of submitting annual procurement plans and quarterly procurement reports to the Procurement Policy Unit (PPU), in the Ministry of Finance for the 2020/21 financial year. This has provided a level of transparency, while still problematic in many aspects,that has not been seen on the public procurement landscape. According to a Procurement Tracker Namibia (PTN) review for September, 128 public entities out of 178 have submitted annual procurement plans to the PPU. This means roughly 72% of public entities have been compliant with the law.…