Namibia Press Agency
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State companies , ministries and institutions in Namibia |
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| Designation: | Namibia Press Agency |
| State level: | State institution |
| Founding: | 1991 (1987) |
| Employee: | about 50 |
| Turnover or budget / budget : |
N $ 16.3 million (2012) of which N $ 12.5 million in subsidies |
| Profit: | N $ 3.02 million |
| Highest office: | CEO |
| Officials: | N. Hamunime |
| Headquarters: | Windhoek |
| Homepage: | www.nampa.org |
The Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA; German Namibian Press Agency ) is the Namibian public press and news agency . Its headquarters are in the capital Windhoek .
The agency was founded in 1987 as the Namibia Press Association by SWAPO and was given its current name after Namibia's independence in 1991. It operates under the regulations of the Namibia Press Agency Act of 1992 .
About 20 journalists and 30 other employees work for NAMPA. In addition to the main office in Windhoek, the agency has seven regional offices in Swakopmund , Keetmanshoop , Gobabis , Ongwediva , Opuwo , Rundu and Otjiwarongo .
Services
NAMPA offers text, image and audio services for national and international press. It works closely with the international agencies Agence France-Presse , Antara News , Associated Press , Reuters , the South African Press Association , Xinhua and the Press Trust of India , particularly in the distribution of international news in Namibia .
Finances
Despite the commercialization carried out in 2001, the agency has been operating in a very deficit since it was founded. In May 2011, the company could only be saved by debt relief. The cumulative profit of the last few years has now reached 10 million Namibian dollars . In 2012, 80 percent of the revenue came from government subsidies .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Andreas Rothe: Media System and News Selection in Namibia. , 2010, p. 70
- ^ KM Shrivastava: News agencies from pigeon to internet . Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2007, ISBN 9781932705676 (Retrieved June 7, 2011).
- ^ Debt Relief Saving Nampa, Allgemeine Zeitung, May 16, 2011
- ↑ NAMPA Annual Report 2012. Namibia Press Agency, accessed on September 6, 2014
Coordinates: 22 ° 33 ′ 23.9 ″ S , 17 ° 5 ′ 11.3 ″ E