Executive
Boardroom moves: three appointments that signal where the banks are heading
Two chief risk officers and a head of digital, all appointed within a month, tell you what the…
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Energy
Offshore drilling programme moves to appraisal as partners commit to two more wells
The joint venture will sink two appraisal wells before deciding on a development concept, in a programme that…
Banking & Finance
Central bank holds the repo rate, signalling a longer pause than markets expected
With inflation inside the target band and credit growth subdued, the monetary policy committee left the policy rate…
Agriculture & Oceans
Fishing rights allocation leaves quota holders planning around a shorter horizon
Shorter allocation periods make vessels harder to finance, and processors say the effect shows up in onshore investment…
Africa
SADC trade integration: the paperwork is the barrier, not the tariffs
Tariff schedules have largely been agreed. Rules of origin, standards recognition and border processing are where regional trade…
Opinions
Namibia needs a capital market, not just a stock exchange
Domestic institutional money is abundant and local investable assets are scarce. Fixing that mismatch is a policy design…
Mining & Minerals
Uranium prices push Erongo mines into their strongest quarter in a decade
Sustained spot prices above US$80 a pound have lifted output and royalties across the Erongo uranium belt, but…
Interviews
“We stopped chasing volume and the business finally worked”
The managing director of a Windhoek manufacturer on cutting the product range by two thirds, losing a third…
Tech & Innovation
Data centre build-out begins to change the economics of cloud services locally
Local hosting capacity and improved international transit are cutting latency and repatriating workloads that had migrated to South…
Asia
Asian buyers return to the beef market on firmer terms
Renewed interest from Asian importers offers volume, but exporters say the specification and traceability requirements are stricter than…
Global Markets
Commodity currencies wobble as rate expectations shift again
A repricing of global rate expectations has pushed commodity-linked currencies around, with knock-on effects for import costs and…
Tourism & Hospitality
Tourism arrivals recover past pre-pandemic levels, but spend per visitor lags
Lodges report full shoulder seasons and longer average stays, yet operators say margin pressure from airlift costs and…
Agriculture & Oceans
Livestock exporters push for feedlot capacity to keep value in the country
Weaner exports remain the default channel, but processors argue that domestic finishing and abattoir capacity would capture materially…
Banking & Finance
Insurance sector consolidation accelerates as smaller players struggle with compliance costs
Rising capital and reporting requirements are pushing sub-scale insurers and brokers towards mergers, in a market that already…
Europe
European demand for critical minerals reshapes who Namibia negotiates with
Supply-security policy in Europe has turned mineral offtake into a diplomatic conversation, and changed what a producing country…
Energy
Green hydrogen consortium narrows first-phase scope to keep the timeline credible
A smaller opening phase, aimed at a firm offtake agreement rather than a headline capacity number, is the…
Analysis
What the port expansion actually changes for Namibian exporters
Container capacity was never the binding constraint. Corridor reliability, customs throughput and backhaul economics are what decide whether…
Features
Special report: the quiet rise of Namibian franchising
Franchising has become one of the most reliable routes into business ownership in Namibia, and one of the…
Tech & Innovation
Start-up funding gap sits between grant money and venture capital
Founders can find early grants and, occasionally, later regional venture money. The stage in between is where Namibian…
Banking & Finance
Retail credit tightens as lenders reprice unsecured lending
Approval rates on unsecured personal lending have fallen as banks reweight affordability assessments, with knock-on effects for retailers.