The past two years have put into sharp focus the need to build economies that are resilient to shocks such as those brought about by global pandemics. Part of building resilient economies is ensuring that they are well diversified not only in terms sources of growth, but also employment, tradeContinue Reading
MINISTER of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein has dismissed an approach by the Agronomic Producers Association proposing the utilization of existing Green Scheme Irrigation Projects in the north to produce wheat in the 2022 production season. In a statement this week, Schlettwein said that during the preliminary discussionsContinue Reading
The president of the official opposition Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), McHenry Venaani has called for political dialogue following the Chinatown that transpired last resulting in the arrest of NEFF commissariat for economic emancipation, Michael Amushelelo. In a statement over the weekend, Venaani said there was a very strong argument thatContinue Reading
THE recently unveiled Welwitschia Fund that commenced with money estimated around N$300 million will derive its funding from multiple sources, President Hage Geingob has said. The funding sources for the sovereign wealth fund, are comprised of a combination of streams, including a portion of royalties collected from the sale ofContinue Reading
PRICES for oils and fats augmented by 23.4 percent in April 2022 compared to 7.5 percent recorded during the same time a year earlier driven by the increase in the price levels of Cooking oil that escalated from 13.9% to 35.3%, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has said. Equally, pricesContinue Reading
As Toyota dominates the Namibian market in April SIMONIS Storm Securities anticipates new vehicle sales to continue trending upwards as local demand remains resilient, despite Namibia being in an interest rate hiking cycle. The firm’s economist, Theo Klein this week said vehicle sales will also likely be supported by rentalContinue Reading
BANK of Namibia governor, Johannes Gawaxab has said that the central bank undertakes to execute its statutory mandate and is strongly committed to managing the Welwitschia Fund in line with the Bank of Namibia Act (1) of 2020 section 4 which expands on the holding and managing of the foreignContinue Reading
The Zambian and Namibian governments are next month expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of a Gas and Oil pipeline from Windhoek into Lusaka. Energy Minister Peter Kapala disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call on Siavonga District Commissioner Geoffrey Jakopo at his office. KapalaContinue Reading
NAMIBIA Breweries Limited (NBL), a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group has announced the temporary discontinuation of its low-alcoholic and -kilojoule beer brand, Windhoek Light. NBL foresees the current stock of Windhoek Light to be sufficient at current demand for the month of May 2022, after which theContinue Reading
With the employment challenges faced by recent graduates in the country, Old Mutual Namibia saw the need to play their part in easing this burden the nation faces. Old Mutual Namibia put out a call inviting recent graduates to apply for a chance to gain market related skills to betterContinue Reading
