By: Staff Writer Fourteen giraffes, from Namibia, arrived this week in Angola, as part of the re-stocking programme of the species in the Yona National Park, located in the municipality of Tombwa, south-western Namibe Province. According to the Tombwa administrator, Abelardo Lemba, there are five males and nine females, which over the next few days […]

By: Annakleta Haikera Three voluntary teachers who helped start a school in Nkurenkuru in the Kavango West region are crying foul after none of them were employed when the school was formalised. Thomas Simbundu, who doubled a security guard and a volunteer teacher at the Karanawa Primary School, is unhappy about the results of interviews […]

By:Staff writer The value of building plans approved by the City of Windhoek between April and May this year decreased by 30.4%, analysis from IJG Namibiahas shown. While there was a 25.2% increase in the total amount of buildings approved in the capital, month-on-month, from 131 in April to 164 in May, the value dropped […]

By:Staff writer Namibia’s trade deficit ballooned by N$1.5 billion in a month from N$1.3 billion recorded in April 2023. This has brought the country merchandise trade account in negative of the N$2.8 billion in April 2023. This is according to the Namibia Statistics Agency’s (NSA) latest trade bulletin for May. While Namibia’s export earnings for […]

By:Justicia Shipena Governor of the Bank of Namibia (BoN) Johannes !Gawaxab has reaffirmed that the central bank is prepared and eager to engage closely with stakeholders in order to manage the current economic challenges to support sustainable growth in the country. On Tuesday, !Gawaxab visited President Hage Geingob at the State House in company with […]

By:Josef Kefas Sheehama The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) hosted the first-ever Namibia’s State of Business Address on 26 June 2023. This was under the theme: ‘Private Sector’s Ordeals and Triumphs – Paving a Way for Public-Private Partnership. The dialogue was aimed at strengthening private sector engagement in Namibia’s economic development agenda and […]

Thabo Molefe In today’s fast-paced digital era, data has emerged as a powerful catalyst, reshaping the landscape of the credit market and revolutionising the way consumers navigate their financial journeys. Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all approaches, as the abundance of data offers an opportunity for consumers and the credit market to thrive. This transformative […]

Staff writer The value of building plans approved by the City of Windhoek between April and May this year decreased by 30.4%, analysis from IJG Namibiahas shown. While there was a 25.2% increase in the total amount of buildings approved in the capital, month-on-month, from 131 in April to 164 in May, the value dropped […]

By:Justicia Shipena Private sector credit extension saw a moderate increase in May 2023. This is in accordance with the most recent private sector credit extension report released by financial research firm Simonis Stormon Tuesday . This comes as financial conditions are tightening following the 400 bps cumulative repo rate hikes between December 2021 and June […]