Category: Top Stories
Nam Trade Picture That Refuses to Change
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala An analysis of Namibia’s top trading partners revealed that South Africa continued to be the country’s largest market for both exports and imports, while the former’s export basket continues to be composed of raw minerals….
Nam Imported 20,380 Tons of Poultry Meat in 2025
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia’s poultry sector remains heavily reliant on imports to meet domestic demand. In 2025, poultry meat imports totalled approximately 20,380 tons, representing a substantial supply of poultry products to the domestic market, according to…
BoN’s Near 100% Target Performance Frowned Upon
By: David Shoombe Economic observers and entrepreneurs have frowned upon the impact of the Bank of Namibia’s strategic objectives, which the central bank shared were successfully reached for the year 2025. Presenting the 2025 annual report, Bank…
Fuel Under-Recovery to be Subsidised with Half a Billion NAD
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia has recorded one of the highest fuel under-recoveries for April, on two main fuels, forcing the government to step in to cover the difference with N$500 million. The Ministry of Industries, Mines, and…
Nam Economy Has Only Expanded by N$14.1bn in 10 Years
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala From 2015 to 2025, the Namibia economy has only managed to expand by N$14.1 billion in terms of extra goods and services produced, according to real Gross Domestic Production (GDP) figures. The national account…
Dangote Refinery Filling African Oil Supply Gap
By: David Shoombe Africa’s largest oil refinery, Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals, recently reported to have sold 12 cargoes of refined petroleum products amounting to 456,000 tonnes to countries such as the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Tanzania, Ghana and…
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…
Previous Agriculture Ministry Blamed for Omaheke Uranium Stalemate
By: Dwight Links In a report by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Natural Resources, the committee indicated that a variety of factors hampered the second half of uranium exploration activities, where the In-Situ Recovery/Leaching(ISR/ISL) method was used…
Public Investment in Agriculture Shows Decline
By: David Shoombe An analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Namibia has found that strategic investment in food security has decreased over the years, despite the government’s various declarations of agriculture as a sector. …
Namibians Consumed 6.9 Million GB on TikTok Content…data usage generates close to N$1 billion in 3 months
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibians have consumed 6.9 million gigabytes (GB) watching and posting on TikTok between October and December 2025. This is according to the Quarterly Statistics Bulletin for the last quarter of 2025 (Q4), which…