Category: Finance
Navachab to Supply BoN with Gold for Reserves
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has signed a gold purchase agreement with QKR Namibia Navachab Mine for its reserve management. The central bank announced this yesterday in fulfilment of its 2025 decision to make gold…
Govt Faces N$36.9 Billion Repayment Obligation in 4 years
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala In the next 4 years, the Namibian government has to repay N$36.9 billion throughout the 2026/27–2028/29 Medium Term Expenditure Framework period. This is according to the bond maturity profile documented in the country’s Fiscal…
Inflation-Linked Bonds Investors to get N$127.5 Million Coupon
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Those who have lent their money to the government until 2027 and 2033 respectively through inflation-linked bonds will be rewarded with their first annual coupon payment on 15 April 2026. According to the…
Treasury Team Lauded for Manoeuvring Budget Trilemma
By: Dwight Links Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) economist Robin Sherbourne applauded the Ministry of Finance for manoeuvring a difficult budget, and for maintaining fiscal discipline and the confidence of the bond market whilst trying to prioritise…
Budget Dialogue Highlights Room for Growth and Investment
By: Peneyambeko Jonas Government leaders, economists and business executives gathered in Windhoek on Wednesday for the Annual Budget Dialogue 2026, where Namibia’s recently announced national budget was analysed as a key instrument shaping the country’s economic future. …
Afreximbank Elevated by Global Credit Ratings
By: David Shoombe The 2026 Global Credit Ratings (GCR) have indicated an elevation of the Africa Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank) from “Rating Watch Evolving” to “Stable” via a revised outlook. The revised rating shows the resilience of domestic…
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…