The Brief | Namibia's Leading Business & Financial News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Namibia’s digital services imports triple to N$4.5bn amid AI uptake Shafudah to table Mid-Term Budget Review on Thursday The Brief amplifies its reach through key conference partnerships Namibia’s luxury lodges record brisk business as occupancy tops 83% Namibia, Angola target joint industries to end reliance on raw commodity exports Old Mutual appoints Alovise Frey as Finance and Operations GM Namibia moves to link university research with industry needs Hybrid, electric vehicle sales surge 127% in September Africa’s own credit rating agency: Can it fix an unfair borrowing story? Micro-Credentials: Rethinking higher education IMF projects Namibia’s current account deficit to widen to 16.9% of GDP FMD cases rise to 131 across 18 farms in //Kharas Namibia, Angola push to accelerate stalled infrastructure projects Bank Windhoek disburses N$147m in sustainable loans, targets N$300m FMD outbreak threatens Namibia’s livestock recovery and export earnings, warns EAN Workers who fail to embrace AI risk losing jobs Qualified but unemployed: Rethinking education and industry in Namibia From Influence to Impact: ICAN National Accounting Summit 2026 set to shape conversations on Namibia’s economic future The future of work is human: Why soft skills matter more than ever STANLIB Namibia appoints Erastus Tshatumbu as Managing Director Yango drivers must adapt to the business model or move on Women surpass men in access to financial services in Namibia Low pay and salary delays push workers into debt Calls mount for minimum wage violators to be barred from government tenders Namibia, Angola move to boost trade as border agreement nears signing Namibia moves closer to regulating construction industry Namibian banks, financial institutions to face monthly credit data quality assessments El Niño, FMD threaten to drive up Namibia’s food prices in 2027 In a world of texts and emails, who is still talking? Betting on yourself. Resilience, reinvention, and building through the rejection in entrepreneurship Namibia’ s FMD missing viral jigsaw Govt rejects privatisation of electricity transmission and distribution 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 Home