Author: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus
Gold Production Continues to Decline
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Gold Bullion Production Index declined by 8.2% month-on-month in July 2026, following a marginal 0.9% decrease recorded in the preceding month. On a year-on-year basis, the index also decreased by 29.8% compared to a decline…
NAMFISA Plans to Link Up with the Fintech Sector Again in October
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The non-banking financial Institutions regulator, NAMFISA, has announced that it will organize another FinTech event in October in continuation of the series that started in 2022. For the 2026 event, the Fintech Square, which is planned…
Telecos Made N$6.7 billion in Data Sales in 27 Months…TikTok and WhatsApp Usage Drive Data Revenue
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala and Peneyambeko Jonas Between April 2024 and June 2026 (27 months), the telecommunication companies of made N$6.7 billion from data sales alone, making more than half a billion every quarter. The data revenue was driven by…
Govt Seeks to Switch GC27 N$3.6 Billion Next Week
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Bank of Namibia, on behalf of the central government, is inviting investors whom it borrowed N$3.6 billion from to a GC27 Switch Auction on 23 September 2026. The fixed yield for the GC27 will be…
3,487 New Jobseekers Registered in 2nd Quarter; 706 Vacancies Reported…256 Placed by Labour Services
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangla From April to June 2026, the Directorate of Labour Market Services has registered a total of 3,487 new jobseekers, comprising 1,414 males and 2,073 females. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations Quarterly Report…
Govt Borrowed N$18.4 Billion Domestically in 8 Months
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala In the past eight months (January to August 2026), the government of Namibia has borrowed N$18.4 billion from the domestic capital pool to fill the national budget. This is according to calculations done by…
Nasan Energies Completes First Phase of Service Station Rebranding
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Nasan Energies has completed the first phase of its service station rebranding programme, as the new fuel retailer builds its presence across Namibia. The company announced this last week. Nasan bought and took…
Business Enhancement Exhibition Heads Back to Outapi
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Organisers of the Business Enhancement Exhibition have confirmed that the second edition will take place on the 3rd and 4th of October 2026 at O’Zodiac Star Pension Hotel in Outapi. This was confirmed in…
Businesses Borrowed N$2.2 Billion this Year
By: Nghiinomenwa Hangala From January to July 2026, the business community has borrowed N$2.2 billion from commercial banks. This is lower than the N$2.8 billion borrowed at the same time last year, according to the monetary and financial statistics,…
Beer Dominates Beverage Exports
By: Nghinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia’s monthly beverage exports show that alcohol beverages are the most exported. The beverages are mostly sold to SADC countries. Namibia sells between 11, 000 and 13,000 hectolitres of beer to neighbouring countries in a monthly…