News
November 4, 2022
THE LEARNERS FROM ALLUDIO ACADEMY PAY THEIR FIRST VISIT TO THE LAB FOR A MICROBITS WORKSHOP
The FTLab held a microbits workshop conducted by Marcus Duveskog, an educational technologist, with a special interest in ICT for...
September 3, 2022
TWO PARTIES COME TOGETHER IN THE NAME OF ICT
The Future Technology Lab hosted a presentation on Friday, 2 Sep, narrating how a successful project was set up between...
September 1, 2022
ARE SMART TOY CARS THE FUTURE FOR NAMIBIA?
The Future Technology Lab of the University of Turku (UTU) Finland held an interactive demonstration on how to manufacture smart...
August 27, 2022
Youth group in Opuwo aspire to venture into smart toy manufacturing- nbc
August 10, 2022
Welwitchia Secondary School Visit
Prof Erkki Sutinen and Lannie Uwu-khaeb paid a visit to Welwitschia Junior Secondary School in Khorixas, Namibia on 10th August...
May 15, 2022
Education Authorities implored to include Robotics in School Curriculum
April 27, 2022
Futuristic education is near
Namibian students and teachers interacted with live streamed holograms during a one-week workshop at People’s Primary School, Windhoek. Read more
April 13, 2022
Workshop with Khorixas youth
Professor Erkki Sutinen, Mr Lannie Uwu-khaeb, Dr Nicolas Pope had a one day workshop with the local umemployed youth of...
March 24, 2022
FTLab at SAIS end conference
FTLab was invited to participate in the SAIS end conference. Prof Erkki Sutinen was a panelist in session 2: Connecting...
January 18, 2022
Embassy of Finland visit
Erkki Sutinen hosted a tour for the Embassy of Fnland to Namibia staff in Future Tech Lab.
November 26, 2021
Twitter reveals clues to church growth, says researcher
WHEN people in London posted on Twitter about going to church in the spring of 2014, they probably didn’t expect their 140-character missive to...
November 19, 2021
LUT 5G Mökki opening event
Professor Erkki Sutinen, Vuyelwa David Ruwodo & Lannie Uwu-khaeb where some of the presenters at the 5G Mökki & Parvi...
November 18, 2021
Visit to the Gobabeb Research and Training Centre
Professor Erkki Sutinen and Lannie Uwu-khaeb visited the Gobabeb Research and Training Centre to talk about possible future collaboration.
November 16, 2021
Meeting with Damara King/Kai-Gaob and Royal Family
Goab Justus ǁGaroëb accompanied by prince Tsatago ǁGaroëb and Tsukhoe ǁGaroës visited the FTLab. Images
November 12, 2021
Dissertation defense (Computing): MA Anthony-Paul Cooper
On Friday, 12th Nov 2021 at 15:00 Anthony-Paul Cooper defends his doctoral thesis “Exploring the use of Twitter data to...
September 3, 2021
Dissertation defense: Samuli Laato
On Friday, September 3, 2021, Samuli Laato defends his doctoral thesis “Designing Location-based Games: How to support players’ social interaction,...
July 27, 2021
Launch of Erkki Sutinen’s and Anthony-Paul Cooper’s book
The launch event of Erkki Sutinen’s and Anthony-Paul Cooper’s book Digital Theology. A Computer Science Perspective was arranged on its...
July 14, 2021
Finnish-Namibian Joint Tech Campus
The first Finnish overseas university campus in Namibia, a partnership between the University of Turku and the University of Namibia,...
March 29, 2021
Remote campus prevents brain loss
Professor Erkki Sutinen is working in Windhoek to ensure that Namibia’s young IT abilities remain in the country. The remote...
November 2, 2020
Article: UNAM Tests Desalinated Seawater Bottling Facility in Henties Bay
The University of Namibia installed a bottling facility at its solar power operated seawater desalination pilot plant to illustrate the...
October 25, 2020
Article: Opinion – Co-creating online learning
Dr Shihomeka suggested the concrete steps that Namibia has to take to move forward for better e-learning in his op-ed...
September 24, 2020
Plug-in campus promotes cross-cultural learning, innovation
The Future Tech Lab, a plug-in campus set up within the main campus of the University of Namibia (UNAM) in...
November 16, 2019
First Research Academy Seminars
The first two Research Academy seminars and workshops took place between 28th – 29th October at the UNAM main campus...
November 16, 2019
Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony for the new Namibia Campus took place on the 5th November 2019 in the newly renovated FT-Lab...
November 13, 2019
Campus Renovation Stage 1
The first stage of renovation has been completed at our Namibia campus, and here are a few photos. This stage...