The Brief | Namibia's Leading Business & Financial News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Ngurare warns against favouritism in public and private sector recruitment Lack of credit histories shuts individuals, small businesses out of financing MSC Cruises seeks Namibians to fill 130 cruise ship vacancies Govt to build two Western Bypass bridges for N$70m IPM pushes for law to regulate Namibia’s HR profession Bank Windhoek turns to AI, digital banking to drive growth and customer retention One-third of Windhoek residents live in disaster-prone informal housing Limited credit data locking Namibian businesses and individuals out of loans Building a sustainable SME sector Unlocking Namibia’s Agricultural Value Chains through the collaboration of African University Networks BoN to test transaction-based credit assessments in 2027 Standard Bank’s Buy-a-Brick raises N$27m, delivers over 740 homes Mobile money and digital data offer new opportunities for lending President to lead 95 Namibian businesses to Angola trade forum Meatco UK secures strong financial rating despite FMD export restrictions Namibia’s FMD outbreaks in //Kharas, Zambezi not linked as 131 cases confirmed N$200m commercial project drives Windhoek building approvals to N$403m Transport costs push Namibia’s inflation to 5.4%, the highest in almost three years Wake up and smell the AI coffee: Your know-how is money Higher rates next door and FMD reverberations: A national tall order NSFAF recovers less than 1% of N$11.7bn student loan book TransNamib plans real-time train and cargo tracking system Bank of Namibia, Bundesbank renew central banking cooperation deal El Niño raises drought risks for Namibia in 2026/27 Gvt moves to regulate AI use across Namibia’s public service Namibia targets deeper Zimbabwe farm trade as exports rise to US$46.3m Risk-based governance under FIMA: Are retirement funds managing the risks that matter most? Mission impossible for our student nurses Tsaone Raboloko appointed Bank Gaborone MD You have a pension fund. Why do you also have a retirement annuity? Affordable houses disappearing from Namibia’s property market Auditor-General flags N$792.4m discrepancy in government accounts MICT pushes for lower data costs to expand digital access in Namibia AI search challenges traditional online visibility for Namibian businesses Namibian SMEs get continental platform to showcase innovation Education is not a competition, it is a defence against illiteracy Namibia’s oil test:Why rejecting stabilisation clauses is the right fight FMD detected in Zambezi Region, triggering livestock trade ban Namibia considers fertiliser plant to cut farming costs, food prices NAMICA records lowest wholesaler basket in September 2026 Checkers records lowest premium grocery basket in September 2026 Shoprite records lowest retailer basket in September 2026 Govt considers cap on NamRA salary deductions for tax debts Namibia’s FDI inflows surge 67.6% year-on-year to N$11.4bn Meatco settles N$31m producer bill despite FMD market disruptions Leadership begins the moment you take responsibility Small stock slaughter marketing plunges 88.5% Grootfontein needs N$108.6m to upgrade informal settlements Germany finances N$372.6m of Karibib-Usakos road upgrade Home