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Companies that fail to pay Namibia’s national minimum wage should be disqualified from government tenders, with ...

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Trade

Namibia, Angola move to boost trade as border agreement nears signing

October 16, 2026

Namibia and Angola are moving to increase cross-border trade and investment, with plans to sign an ...

Namibia’s construction sector expected to deliver N$4.3bn in projects

Property

Namibia moves closer to regulating construction industry

October 16, 2026

Namibia is moving closer to introducing legislation to regulate its construction industry, with the long-delayed Construction ...

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Finance

Namibian banks, financial institutions to face monthly credit data quality assessments

October 16, 2026

Banks and other financial institutions in Namibia will now have the quality of their credit information ...

Standard Bank posts N$556.9m six-month profit, up 10%

Agriculture

El Niño, FMD threaten to drive up Namibia’s food prices in 2027

October 16, 2026

Namibia faces rising food prices in 2027 as persistent El Niño conditions and the recent foot-and-mouth ...

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Opinions

In a world of texts and emails, who is still talking?

October 16, 2026

By Ndatala Angula A common saying holds that most people fear public speaking more than death. ...

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Opinions

Betting on yourself. Resilience, reinvention, and building through the rejection in entrepreneurship

October 16, 2026

By Loide Nantinda As the calendar pages turn and the year winds down, many entrepreneurs, creatives, ...

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namibia

Govt rejects privatisation of electricity transmission and distribution

October 15, 2026

Mines and Energy Minister Modestus Amutse has ruled out privatising Namibia’s electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure, ...

Real estate and manufacturing sectors drive surge in corporate credit to N$50.88bn

Finance

Lack of credit histories shuts individuals, small businesses out of financing

October 15, 2026

Individuals and small businesses without established credit histories risk being excluded from formal financing as banks ...

Namibia

MSC Cruises seeks Namibians to fill 130 cruise ship vacancies

October 15, 2026

MSC Cruises has 130 job vacancies available for Namibians aboard its international cruise ships under a ...

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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

Govt rejects privatisation of electricity transmission and distribution

Lack of credit histories shuts individuals, small businesses out of financing

MSC Cruises seeks Namibians to fill 130 cruise ship vacancies

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