By: Justicia Shipena Despite tightening monetary policy, Namibia will meet its economic growth forecasts this year, according to Floris Bergh, Chief Economist at Capricorn Asset Management. This comes as Namibia’s central bank chose to maintain the monthly policy rate at 7.75% for the next two months following periods of hikes. The Bank of Namibia (BoN) […]
By:Justicia Shipena Despite the Bank of Namibia’s (BoN) temporary suspension of Trustco Bank, clients would retain access to their deposits. Trustco Bank’s ability to function as a financial institution was suspended with immediate effect by BoN on Friday. The suspension came after the central bank met with the Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Ipumbu […]
By:Justicia Shipena The Bank of Namibia (BoN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is expected to announce its decision on the repo rate on Wednesday as inflation has slowed. This comes amidst questions of whether the BoN will follow South Africa’s lead and pause interest rate hikes. The MPC in June this year raised the repo rate […]
By:Josef KefasSheehama The Namibia Agriculture Policy is the overarching policy and can serve as a base for aligning existing policies, laws, and regulations. The policy presents a framework for the design of programmes and projects that will steer the performance of the sector. The Namibia Merchandise Trade Statistics Bulletin revealed that Namibia imported N$340.8 million […]
By:Hertha Ekandjo The Namibia Special Risks Insurance Association (Nasria), through its Namibia Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS), will soon roll-out its agriculture climate change risk insurance solution to the agriculture sector. The risk insurance solution is a tool aimed at proactively preserving farmers’ wealth, promoting recovery and rebuilding towards a sustainable agricultural production. This is a […]
By: Laurencia Prinzonsky We all strive to give our children the best we can, and building generational wealth is one way to help them on their journey to financial well being. Generational wealth means making smart choices with our money in a way that gives the next generation a stronger financial footing. For many, this […]