The Brief | Namibia's Leading Business & Financial News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Namibia seeks up to US$250m climate funding to drive green industrialisation Namibia to establish National Data Centre under N$639.2m ICT budget Govt ramps up spending to strengthen agriculture and food security Mining Expo records highest exhibitor turnout as global interest in Namibia grows Ohangwena targets investors with new five-year economic growth plan President calls for urgent passage of workplace safety Bill to protect mine workers Sakawe invests N$200m in Windhoek Waterfront as final phase set for 2027 How to stress-test a strategic plan before the board commits Maximizing the mandate of professional institutional travel into scalable impact Nedbank Namibia’s digital banking adoption hits 91% NamRA collects N$17.1 billion in Q1 Who is Vehaka Tjimune? The new CEO set to lead Namibia’s livestock industry Standard Bank backs biomass sector as driver of jobs and rural economic growth Health Ministry allocates N$1.69bn to regional governments under decentralisation drive Households turn to overdrafts as cost-of-living pressures mount Corporate borrowing lifts Namibia’s private sector credit growth to 4.5% ALS acquires stake in Nexus Group A Continental Customs Union: Africa’s next opportunity or its greatest challenge? Beyond buying shares and bonds: How Namibia’s capital markets can become engines of domestic growth Home Walvis Bay-Karibib rail corridor targets 25,000 tonnes of freight monthly Standard Bank Namibia agrees 6% wage increase with NAFINU Banks urged to rethink lending to Namibia’s creative sector High banking costs keep many Namibians out of formal financial system Anirep invests N$108.9 million in revenue-generating assets Nandi-Ndaitwah calls on private sector to back young entrepreneurs July was the month Namibia became more expensive Namibia Oil and Gas Conference expands youth agenda ahead of fourth edition Namibian small businesses need more than social media posts The housing and rental crisis in Windhoek Mondjila appointed to lead Daures Green Hydrogen Village Phase 2 Fuel prices to rise by N$2.00 a litre as government restores levies Namibia targets higher beef exports and value addition in livestock sector Erongo proposes reclamation plant to address water challenges NamPost appoints Willem Mouton as CEO Windhoek approves 20 new informal trading sites to tackle 3,000-space shortage Know the difference between enjoying your age and destroying your future Leadership is not a position. It’s a responsibility What is the state of Namibia’s economic sectors: Wealth generator or wealth dispatcher CRAN, NCCI target MSME competitiveness through digital reforms Agribank disburses N$23 million to young farmers under Youth Development Fund Telecom Namibia extends acting CEO Armando Perny’s term by six months Yango named Southern Africa’s most reliable ride-hailing service provider Windhoek invests N$203m to expand electricity access and street lighting Germany, Namibia launch N$84 million coastal water pipeline upgrade Risk management: The missing link in strategy execution (Part 1 of 5) Namibia’s top livestock producers honoured for driving premium beef industry MTC backs future finance talent with N$1.6 million Bloomberg lab investment Beyond diamonds: The real resource that will shape Namibia’s future Judiciary announces two-month amnesty for outstanding traffic fines