Green Enterprise Solutions (Green) was the Special Sponsors of PyCon Namibia 2026. The Namibian company providing information and communication technology (ICT) services, is reinforcing its commitment to advancing Namibia’s developer community and supporting open-source innovation with this sponsorship. As a Special Sponsor, Green supported Django Day, a focused segment focusedContinue Reading
Bank Windhoek has reaffirmed its commitment to Namibia’s financial modernisation agenda following its recent participation in a high-level alignment engagement on the rollout of Government-to-Person (G2P) payments under the national Instant Payment Programme (IPP). The engagement brought together the Minister of Finance, Erica Shafudah, the Governor of the Bank ofContinue Reading
Top leadership changes were announced today at the helm of two of Namibia’s most prestigious financial institutions, FNB Namibia and RMB Namibia, both part of the FirstRand Namibia Group. Philip Chapman, previously the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RMB Namibia, has been appointed CEO of FNB Commercial while Daniel MotingaContinue Reading
Behind the headlines of housing delivery targets and informal settlement challenges lies a quieter but significant business success story emerging from the National Housing Enterprise (NHE). The state-owned housing developer has grown its loan book to surpass N$1.1 billion, according to the corporation’s annual report for the 2024/2025 financial year,Continue Reading
Of the 563 urban settlements assessed across Namibia’s 57 local authorities, 419—or 74.4 percent—are classified as informal, meaning they lack formal declaration status and exist outside the national land registry. More troubling still, more than one-third of these settlements—36.7 percent—have never been formally profiled. For the 61.6 percent that haveContinue Reading
A seemingly routine municipal update regarding vendor relocation in Havana has inadvertently lifted the lid on a simmering economic tension within the City of Windhoek. While the Mayor’s address to the Ordinary Council Meeting on Thursday touched on intergovernmental relations and civic beautification, it was the fine print regarding informalContinue Reading
At first glance, the Capricorn Group’s condensed interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2025 tell a familiar story of a bank navigating a difficult economic cycle. Profit after tax is down 13.5%. Credit impairment charges have ballooned by 53%. The dividend has been trimmed by 4.9% toContinue Reading
For decades, the tabling of the national budget in Namibia has followed a familiar rhythm. The Minister of Finance rises in the National Assembly to unveil a ledger of allocations, a spreadsheet of aspirations where success is often measured by how much money is funnelled into a particular ministry orContinue Reading
When Professor Andrew Niikondo stood before the crowd at the Namibia University of Science and Technology’s lower campus on Tuesday morning, the acting vice-chancellor did what few university leaders have dared to do in front of government ministers: he pointed at the empty buildings surrounding them and asked for themContinue Reading
Namibia has officially launched the National Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Task Force and the FMD Support Fund, two coordinated national mechanisms designed to protect the country’s livestock sector, rural livelihoods, and economic stability. The launch marks a major step in strengthening cooperation between the government, farmers’ unions, and the private sector.Continue Reading
