Author: Maihapa Ndjavera (Maihapa Ndjavera )

A country that is greylisted is an indication the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog, has identified strategic deficiencies in
applicable systems to counter financial crimes. 

The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) surpassed its revenue-collection target for the 2022/23 financial year by N$4 billion. Last year, the State revenue collector was required to bring in N$53 billion in what was seen as an ambitious target then, but exceeded this and collected a total of N$57 billion. 

The European Union (EU)-funded twinning project, titled ‘Providing support to the Namibia Standards Institution (NSI)’, together with its partners and the industrialisation and trade ministry, on Tuesday hosted the first-ever EU/Namibia Quality Infrastructure Forum in Windhoek.

Namibians have no choice but to keep on tightening their belts and reduce spending even more after the Bank of Namibia yesterday increased the repo rate again, this time with 25 basis points, from 7% to 7.25%. This brings the prime lending rate to 11%. 

Local entrepreneur Samuel Chikambi has advised Namibian youth to do what they love and not wait for a job or connections.

Attracting investments remains at the top of Namibia’s economic agenda. 

The Agricultural Bank of Namibia has bemoaned the current high interest rate environment, stating that it is becoming increasingly difficult to source affordable capital to pass on to the agriculture sector at affordable rates. 

Namibians will soon find out if they are going to have to fork out more of their hard-earned dollars, just to keep the lights on. This is after Namibia Power Corporation requested a 16.87% increase in electricity tariffs for the 2023/24 year. 

Hollard Namibia and Gondwana Collection yesterday announced a settlement regarding Gondwana’s Covid-19 business interruption claim, with each reinforcing their commitment to supporting the Namibian economy in the financial services and tourism sectors. 

Engagement on relevant investment laws and regulations is part of the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) mandate, considering the impact of the policy environment on investment and the need to provide policy certainty to current and potential investors.