Author: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus
Congestion in Transmission Lines Limit Power Trading in SAPP
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Of the five regional power pools that have been established across the continent, the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) stands out as the most advanced and successful. However, the SAPP’s continued success and growth in electricity trade…
Nam Diversified its Hides Market Beyond SA
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For November 2025, Namibia’s hides and skins have been exported to 5 countries, diversifying from the usual primary market, South Africa, according to the Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia updates. These products…
Namibia’s Savings Above Half a Trillion
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The assets of non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) are trickling above half a trillion, reaching N$528.2 billion as of the end of the third quarter of 2025 (30 September 2025), NAMFISA revealed. These NBFIs include…
Lower Domestic Slaughter Threatens Global Beef Market Share
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For the year ended November 2025, Namibia has exported beef to the USA once, five times to China, once to Ghana, and nothing to the DRC, according to monthly statistics compiled by the Livestock and…
364-Day TB Attracted N$1.1 billion in Single Auction
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Investors have submitted 32 bids worth N$1.1 billion in an attempt to invest in a 364-Day Treasury Bill (TB) during an auction on Wednesday. The auction result is shown as released by the central banks. The…
Central Banks and Policymakers Must Employ Alternative Data
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Non-traditional data is often timelier or more granular and, as a result, can fill in some gaps in government statistics, wrote former principal economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Claudia Sahm, on the…
Nam Imported N$125.2 Billion Worth of Goods in 10 months
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Cumulatively, from January to the end of October 2025, Namibia has spent N$125.2 billion on goods from outside to meet local demands. At the same time, the country has cumulatively sold N$104.9 billion worth of…
Swakop Uranium and NamWater to Own Desalination Venture 70/30
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Updates on the country’s decision to develop a second large-scale desalination plant have revealed that negotiations between the two developers, Swakopmund Uranium and Namwater, have been finalised. The two entities have agreed to…
Nam Has Potential to Produce Cheaper Green Ammonia
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala A comparative study by a German research institution has indicated that Namibia could produce green ammonia more competitively, enabling the production of fertilisers and decarbonisation of the agricultural sector. This can be attributed to Namibia’s favourable location…
1 Billion lbs Global Uranium Demand Predicted
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala In a presentation at its annual general meeting, Paladin, the main shareholder in the Namibia Langer-Heinrich Uranium Mine, revealed that for the next 10 years, global nuclear utilities will have approximately 1 billion pounds of…