Nictus, SBN, Capricorn and MTC top NSX performers in 2025
Nictus Holdings Namibia was the best-performing local counter on the Namibia Securities Exchange in 2025, recording a price return of...
Govt expects 134,000 students to benefit from subsidised tertiary education
Up to 134,000 Namibian students could benefit from the government’s subsidised tertiary education programme in its first year of implementation,...
NAB posts N$152.3m surplus on higher levy and investment income
The Namibia Agronomic Board (NAB) recorded a surplus of N$152.3 million for the financial year ended 31 March 2025, up...
New business registrations in Namibia surge 59.1% in Q3
The registration of new businesses in Namibia rose sharply in the third quarter, increasing by 59.1% year on year to...
Namibians borrow N$1.4bn from microlenders in Q3
Namibians borrowed N$1.4 billion through microlenders in the third quarter of 2025, reflecting an 8.1% quarter-on-quarter decline but a 26.1%...
Understanding the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)
By Juda Maya Kotungondo Terms such as budget frameworks and fiscal targets first caught my attention in 2018 while I...
Namibia GDP growth forecast cut to 1.9% for 2026
Namibia’s economic growth outlook has been downgraded, with gross domestic product now projected to slow to 1.9% year on year...
EU remains top market as Namibia’s beef exports climb 28%
Namibia’s beef exports in November reached 1,474,078 kg, an increase of 28.3% from the 1,149,174 kg recorded in November 2024,...
Namibia slaughters 17.6m chickens as poultry imports top 18.7m kg
A total of 17,615,536 chickens were slaughtered for domestic consumption in Namibia on a year-to-date basis as at November, while...
Standard Bank Namibia revises pricing to lower SME and retail banking costs
Standard Bank Namibia has announced a revised pricing structure that took effect on 1 January 2026, reducing banking costs for...
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