Author: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus
ECB Workshops to Deliberate Green Scheme Electricity Tariffs
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Electricity Control Board (ECB) will host workshops to engage the public, including the private sector, regarding the plight of electricity costs being experienced at various green schemes, which hampers production and food security. In an…
Prosecute Financial Crimes to be De-Greylisted
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia’s chance to be delisted as a country susceptible to financial crimes – due to its fragile ability to detect and stop said crimes – hinges on proving that it can investigate and prosecute money…
Cheaper Credit Not Enough to Stimulate Property Sector
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Analysis of the building activities for the month of September 2025 for Windhoek and Swakopmund show that cheaper credit proves insufficient in stimulating more investment in the property sector. Simonis Storm researchers have indicated…
Only 37% of Nam’s Power Produced Locally in August
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala In August 2025, own generation contributed 37.4 percent (141 962 MWh) of the total electricity supplied to the domestic economy, while imports made up the remaining 62.6 percent (237 734 MWh). The preceding month, July 2025, the…
Omburu Battery Storage Received its Power Conversion System
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia’s first utility-scale battery storage project has received some of its eight (8) Power Conversion Systems (PCS), the country’s power utility updated last week. According to NamPower updates, the PCS containers will be used to convert Alternating…
Hopes on AfCFTA Liberalisation to Cushion AGOA Loss
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Various African countries are facing economic shocks, such as production slowdown, export revenue fall, retrenchment, and competitiveness edge after the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) came to an end in September 2025. Will the liberalisation of…
Shafudah Juggles Budget Allocation to Avoid Fiscal Slippery Slope
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Treasury will be decreasing the budgetary allocation of low-performing projects to support the most urgent priorities. This is to avoid the national operational budget of FY2025/26 going beyond N$89.4 billion as initially planned,…
Dark Times Persist for the Beef Sector
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For the nine months ending in August 2025, abattoirs sourcing locally for beef exports only slaughtered 89,466 head of cattle compared to 157,525 cattle slaughtered in the same period last year. This is according…
N$5.5 million to Subsidise Potato Production
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Namibia Agronomic Board (NAB) has availed a total of N$5.5 million to be allocated for the 2025/2026 financial year potato value chain development scheme . This scheme forms part of the recently launched NAB…
Meatco Fulfills its 2025 Beef Export Commitments to Norway
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) has loaded and shipped the final consignment of beef to Norway on 08 October 2025 as part of its commitments to supply the European country with beef. The…