Author: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus
N$229 Billion Required for the Country Climate Change Plan
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Ambition has a price. Implementing the third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) will require an estimated N$229 billion in investment from now to 2035. The NDC is the country’s climate change plan but also a development, resilience,…
AfCFTA Members Struggling to Negotiate Textiles and Automotive Rules
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala To date, African states are failing to reach a consensus on the rules that can enable them to trade locally manufactured textiles and automobiles despite years of negotiations. This is according to the 14th Edition of…
Crop Farmers Help Push 2nd Quarter National Output
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Namibian economy has recorded the second-fastest quarterly growth since the first quarter of 2024. According to the latest quarterly (2nd Quarter) report, total production of the country has expanded by 4.8%, a nominal expansion of…
Govt Agrees to Keep N$483.9 Million of GC27 for Longer
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala During the switch auction on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, the government has switched/agreed to keep N$483.9 million, which was borrowed through the GC27 bond. The GC27 is maturing on 15 January 2027, and the government is supposed…
Hyphen to Receive N$96.22 Million to De-risk its Hydrogen Project
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia’s landmark hydrogen project in the south has received another grant for de-risking the project and preparing it for a Financial Investment Decision. The African Development Bank Group will provide reimbursable grants worth N$96.22 million to…
Namibia’s Cybersecurity Breached Again…defence sector hacked
By: Nghiinomewa-vali Hangala Telecom, Namibia Air Company, Otjiwarongo, and now the country’s defense force have been hit by cyberattacks threatening to expose its secrets. The latest attack has laid the country’s cyber defenses bare as more institutions become victims….
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…