2020-08-03Staff Reporter Fuel prices will increase as of midnight on Wednesday when petrol will increase by N$1 per litre (p/l) and diesel by 70 cents p/l. This increase means the fuel pump prices at the port of entry of Walvis Bay will become N$11.35 p/l on petrol and N$11.83 p/l on diesel. View more
2020-08-03Staff Reporter The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) last week held a public consultative meeting on the proposed Market Study on the determination of dominant position in the telecommunications sector, and the regulations prescribing fees for spectrum licences, certificates and examinations. View more
2020-08-03Staff Reporter “Namibia has seen an unprecedent spike in the number of new Covid-19 cases over the last three months, signalling that the worst economic effects of the pandemic are yet to come,” warned Frans Uusiku, Market Researcher Manager at FNB Namibia. View more
2020-07-31Staff Reporter The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has embarked on Round 2 of a survey to measure the prevalence and nature of adverse effects from Covid-19, experienced by selected businesses operating in Namibia during stage 2 and stage 3 of the virus lockdown during May to June 2020. View more
2020-07-31Staff Reporter The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) invested close to N$45 billion in the Namibian economy during the 2019 financial year. View more
2020-07-31Staff Reporter As a consequence of the pandemic and associated restrictions, African airlines are forecast to lose US$2 billion in 2020. View more
2020-07-31Edgar Brandt Namibia’s N$4.5 billion loan application to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), through that institution’s Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI). could risk locking the country into a perpetual debt trap for many years. View more
2020-07-30Staff Reporter The coronavirus outbreak comes at a time when Namibia was already struggling to return to higher growth levels. Since 2016 Namibia has experienced an economic downturn, and indeed a devastating recession. View more
2020-07-30Staff Reporter Bank Windhoek has confirmed its main branch in the capital, as well as the Auas Valley and Ashirwad agencies that are served from that branch, were closed over the weekend after one of the branch’s employees tested positive for Covid-19. View more
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