Namibia institutional investment community is set to convene in Windhoek on the 15th and 16th of March 2023, for the Second Annual Namibia Institutional Investors Forum. Under the theme, “Rethinking Investment Returns in the New Normal ― Investing for Impact”, the two-day conference will bring together key players in theContinue Reading

During the 2021/2022 financial year, the fishing sector has employed 18 105 people who are either employed on fishing vessels or on land-based factories, of which women make up the largest component with 64% of employment in land-based factories, Derek Klazen, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources has said. SpeakingContinue Reading

The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) and the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which follows the signing and successful implementation of an agreement between CRAN and the Ministry of Finance: Directorate of Customs and Excise in 2016, to harmonise the implementation of lawsContinue Reading

For the month of December 2022, Namibia imported sanitary pads worth N$4.5 million mostly sourced from South Africa and Spain whereas on the export side, Namibia exported Sanitary pads worth N$0.1 million,” a trade bulletin released by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has revealed. Over the entire period (December 2021Continue Reading

Vedanta Zinc International (VZI) has noted that its N$6.5 billion Namzinc Refinery Conversion Project which would create in excess of 2000 jobs highly depends on Nampower being able to lower its tariffs to make the project practically feasible.  The successful execution of this project will result in Namibia being theContinue Reading

The agricultural sector contracted by 1.5 percent during the first three quarters of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, with the 14.2 percent contraction in 3Q2022 is the largest decline since 2Q2019, research firm, Simonis Storm has said. The biggest contributors the 3Q2022’s decline include livestock farming (downContinue Reading

Since October 2022, scientists, and consultants from the Frankfurt-based institutions DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V. and ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research have been analysing the means by which a hydrogen economy can be successfully established in Namibia and the possibilities for exporting it to Germany. WithinContinue Reading