Times of Namibia
Unbiased News. Global Reach.
Times of Namibia is a digital-first news outlet publishing real-time verified news, tender analysis, job market intelligence, and market data for Namibia and the African continent. We are a TANGISON publication - built on applied AI infrastructure designed for African operating conditions.
Our editorial pipeline combines 13 RSS feeds from Namibian and international outlets, AI-powered summarization and classification, and a content sanity check that quarantines broken articles before they reach readers. Every article is processed through a multi-source AI pipeline that generates original summaries, classifies them into editorial sections, and produces feature images.
What We Cover
- National News - Governance, policy, and civic life from 9 Namibian outlets
- Economy & Mining - Financial news, diamonds, uranium, and extractive industries
- Energy - Green hydrogen, solar, oil, and Namibia's energy transition
- Africa Desk - Continental affairs from five regions
- World - International coverage from SCMP, Telegraph, and Euronews
- Jobs & Tenders - Employment intelligence and government procurement
Our Technology
The platform runs on Next.js 16, Convex (real-time reactive database), and an AI pipeline powered by OpenRouter and Groq. RSS feeds are ingested every 15 minutes via a Convex cron job, with a backup trigger via cron-job.org. Article images are generated using a two-step process: an AI picks a symbolic physical object, then Pollinations.ai generates a studio photograph of it.
Editorial Standards
We do not auto-publish user-generated content. All community contributions go through editorial review before publishing. AI-generated content is marked as such, with visible source attribution for synthesized articles. We do not hotlink stock photos - every image is either from the publisher's own CDN or AI-generated with our brand palette.
Published by TANGISON
TANGISON is an applied AI laboratory based in Windhoek, Namibia. We build AI systems for African operating conditions - systems that work where AI has never worked before. Times of Namibia is one of those systems.