Households turn to overdrafts as cost-of-living pressures mount
Namibian households are increasingly relying on overdraft facilities to cope with rising living costs, with overdraft ...
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Corporate borrowing lifts Namibia’s private sector credit growth to 4.5%
Namibia's private sector credit extension (PSCE) growth accelerated to 4.5% year-on-year in June, up from 4.3% ...
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ALS acquires stake in Nexus Group
The ALS Group of Namibia has acquired a stake in Nexus Group Holdings. Although the value ...
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Beyond buying shares and bonds: How Namibia’s capital markets can become engines of domestic growth
By Arinze Okafor, CFA, CAIA Namibia's capital markets have long served an important purpose. They have ...
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Standard Bank Namibia agrees 6% wage increase with NAFINU
Standard Bank Namibia and the Namibia Financial Institutions Union (NAFINU) have concluded their 2026 wage negotiations, ...
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Namibia’s top livestock producers honoured for driving premium beef industry
Namibia's leading livestock producers have been recognised by the Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) for supplying ...
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The housing and rental crisis in Windhoek
By Abraham Eita Let’s talk about the housing and rent market, the question is no longer ...
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July was the month Namibia became more expensive
If there was one defining feature of July, it was this: almost everything became more expensive. ...
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High banking costs keep many Namibians out of formal financial system
High banking costs and the inability to maintain savings remain the biggest barriers preventing thousands of ...
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Fuel prices to rise by N$2.00 a litre as government restores levies
Fuel prices in Namibia will increase by N$2.00 per litre from 5 August 2026 after the ...
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