Category: Finance
Namibia’s Place on FATF’s Global Grey List
Mathias Hangala The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) maintains a “grey list” of countries with deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) frameworks. While the United Arab Emirates was removed from the list in February 2024, followed by…
N$150.9 billion of Private Capital Invested in Govt Debts
Nghiinomenwa Hangala According to the Bank of Namibia’s domestic debt security updates, domestic lenders have invested N$150.9 billion of their savings into the government to date, via bonds (fixed income and inflation-linked) and treasury bills, which are short term assets,…
Private Sector Commits More Than N$12 million to Fight FMD
By: Loise Shiimi and Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala A number of private sector players, including commercial banks and value chain players, have committed more than N$12 million to the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Support Fund. The pledge was made in…
N$19 billion to be Borrowed from Private Market to Fund Budget
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The tabled 2026/27 committed expenditure by the government for the next 12 months will require the government to go to the private sector to borrow N$19 billion. This is because the budget deficit is expected to widen…
PSCE Expected to Soften to Around 3.3% in 2026
According to the First National Bank of Namibia, money extended to the private sector (households and businesses) will remain flat for 2026. The Bank stated this in its analysis of the latest Monetary Policy decision by the central…
Economists Predict Repo Rate Will Remain at 6.50%
By: Loise Shiimi Economists anticipate that the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will maintain the repo rate at 6.50% in their first announcement of 2026, which will take place later today. Financial advisor, Loise Iipinge, stated…
Why Afreximbank’s Break with Fitch Exposes a Deeper Rift
Dr. Macharia Kihuro In a recent public statement, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced it would terminate its credit rating relationship with Fitch Ratings. The rationale for this decision was particularly striking. The bank attributed the move to…
25 Feb, Last Ditch to Switch GC26 N$1.9 Billion Debt
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The government will hold the last switch auction for the GC26 bond in an attempt to convince investors to keep their money with the government by switching to other bonds. According to the domestic…
N$92 Billion of GIPF Pension Savings Invested Locally
By: Loise Shiimi The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has committed N$17.2 billion of the pension savings it has collected from public employees to local investment between 2020 and 2025. Of this total commitment, N$12.8 billion has…
Govt Borrowed Over N$8 Billion From Domestic Market in Past 7 Months
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The government has cumulatively borrowed a total of N$149.0 billion from domestic lenders/investors as at the end of January 2026, the Bank of Namibia’s domestic debt updates show. This represents an increase of more…