Author: Josef Kefas Sheehama
The Realised, Perceived, and Expected Inflation in Namibia and Globally
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama Expectations about future inflation play a crucial role in influencing current decisions on consumption and investment. Therefore, the long-term relationship between household savings and anticipated inflation is evident from the cointegration test. Despite some moderation in…
End of The Road For Raw Material Exporters
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama During his address at the EU-Namibia Business Forum in Brussels, Belgium, President Hage G. Geingob declared an end to the era of exporting raw materials from Namibia. This significant policy change reflects the understanding that…
Global Economic Heading to Breakdown
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama The trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Israel war with Hamas heightens concerns about the global economy. These shocks have created uncertainty in the global political economy, weakening the world’s ability to recover from…
Fuel prices are rising again as the economy struggles
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama The Ministry of Mines and Energy, last week, announced an increase in the prices of petrol and diesel, citing a combination of rising international oil prices and the depreciation of the Namibian Dollar and catastrophic flooding…
Resurgent Namibia Consumer Prices Point To Rough Route For Inflation
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama Namibia is still some distance away from where we would like to be to sustainably meet the 3.6% or below inflation goal. Although annual inflation has been trending downwards since the turn of Q2 2023, it…
BRICS+ to Serve as a Catalyst for Namibian Economic Development
Josef Kefas Sheehama Namibia should close working relationships between these nations and the academia to articulate ways of ensuring that Namibia is enlisted into the BRICS bloc of nations as soon as possible. It is beyond any doubt that the…
BON Keeps Repo Rate Unchanged: What Does It Mean To Namibians?
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama The annual inflation rate recorded for July 2023 was 4.50%, a steep decrease compared to 5.30% recorded in June 2023. Keeping the repo rate steady is particularly motivating for aspiring, first-time home buyers, whose appetite…
The 4th Industrial Revolution in Namibia: Prospects and Challenge
By:Josef Kefas Sheehama The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has the potential to transform Namibia’s economy, increase its productivity and enhance its global trade. In doing so, it would dramatically improve the wellbeing of Namibian citizens. Therefore, we cannot talk about…
The Green Scheme Projects: Re-evaluate to Determine Best Possible Modalities in Namibia
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…
The Green Scheme Projects: Re-evaluate to Determine Best Possible Modalities in Namibia
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…