The Brief | Namibia's Leading Business & Financial News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Govt yet to approve transfer of 56 NIDA properties to PAMA The bankability bridge: Turning Namibia’s economic potential into SME participation Namibia oil and gas conference draws more than 1,400 delegates From forest to vault: Pathways for sovereign carbon revenue in Namibia Government targets 470 jobs through N$17.5m creative industries plan Agriculture Ministry launches drive to repair 508 tractors ahead of cropping season Auas Road Phase 3 kicks off, targets major expansion over next 12 months Lodges lead Namibia accommodation sector with 67% occupancy in June Namibia’s WayaMe has launched. Here’s what it still needs to learn from India Hartlief to permanently close Mariental Farmers Meat abattoir BoN holds rates as economic growth slows and inflation outlook worsens Home Namibia lands Africa’s largest biomass carbon removal deal Shiwana Ndeunyema nominated for Africa’s top 100 most influential Africans in infrastructure Standard Bank connects 60 Namibian SMEs to buyers, new markets Namibia’s merger rules out of step with regional peers despite proposed increase Capital beyond the orebody Namibia’s 70% food import dependence exposes households to El Niño price shock RMB Namibia appoints Tim von Hase as Head of Trade and Treasury Solutions Standard Bank Namibia appoints Jerome Namaseb as Personal & Private Banking Executive AI and employment: Namibia must prepare its youth before disruption becomes a crisis What stays behind? SBN Holdings profit rises 4.1% to N$580m in six months Safland’s Lüderitz mall targets October 2027 opening with Shoprite as anchor tenant Namibia’s capital outflows drop N$8bn as interest rate gap narrows Namibia airport passenger traffic drops 8.9% to 90,834 in June Households turn to overdrafts as cost-of-living pressures mount Namibia cracks down on sale of unregistered Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs Namibia inflation rises to 4.4% as fuel, transport costs surge Standard Bank ATMs to show foreign visitors cost of Namibia dollar withdrawals in home currency Sakawe invests N$200m in Windhoek Waterfront as final phase set for 2027 Namibia’s average house price hits N$1.46 million Show me the money: Why AI’s next chapter is about value, not hype FNB honours Namibia’s leading real estate agencies and realtors Blood is no longer thicker than water Nekundi rules out taxpayer-funded SOE bonuses for ordinary performance Law formalising Namibia’s sovereign wealth fund to reach Parliament before year-end Namibia records 1,747 road crashes, 279 deaths in eight months NAB calls for tax relief and electricity subsidies to boost food production Connected at what cost?Telecommunications must not come at the expense of ordinary Namibians NaCC clears 10 fishing firms in horse mackerel quota fee investigations Rerouting freight: Roads we trust; rails we under-optimise GIPF raises disability income benefits by 5%, annual payout climbs to N$36.1m NaCC proposes N$60m merger threshold to cut unnecessary filings Omaheke micro-lenders accused of charging up to 100% interest Namibia sets N$40m local procurement condition for Pepkor-Retailability merger NamRA eyes April 2027 rollout of Namibia-Botswana fast-track customs system DBN injects over N$819 million into north-east Namibia The role of risk culture in strategic success (Part 3 of 5) Data depletion, consumer protection and economics of connectivity