Business

Experts cautiously optimistic about budget… public debt and budget deficit concerns linger

2021-03-19 Staff Reporter

Unpaid liquor licences to be terminated

2021-03-19 Staff Reporter

Global Recycling Day calls on collaboration for a world without waste

2021-03-18 Staff Reporter

Union promises better security wages

2021-03-18 Maihapa Ndjavera

The Solidarity Union, representing security guards, has promised to resuscitate the debate around minimum wages come April 2021.

Nedbank Namibia receives four PMR awards

2021-03-18 Staff Reporter

Nedbank Namibia received four Diamond Arrow Awards at the annual Professional Management Review (PMR) awards ceremony held on 15 March 2021 in Windhoek. In the category for Banks, Nedbank Namibia received recognition for Agriculture, Business Banking, Credit Cards and Personal Banking.

Do not let a good pandemic go to waste – Nuyoma…Namibia should capitalise on weakness exposed by Covid-19

2021-03-18 Edgar Brandt

A post-Covid-19 environment requires a fundamental change in how business and investments are approached.

Female power behind the Welwitchia Health Training Centre in Namibia

2021-03-17 Staff Reporter

Hailing from the Onawa village in the Omusati region, Monika Pendukeni and her partner Prof Scholastika Ndatinda Iipinge are the visionaries for the Welwitschia Health Training Centre, a registered private higher education institution in Namibia, focussing on health, social and management sciences.

Letshego scoops PMR Diamond Award

2021-03-17 Staff Reporter

Letshego Bank Namibia received a PMR Diamond award for being the leading micro financial service provider in Namibia. The awards ceremony for the annual PMR Awards took place in Windhoek this week.

SOE securing funding will deepen local capital markets

2021-03-17 Edgar Brandt

A consensus by local analysts that attracting more investment for the domestic economy is crucial to ensure economic growth could be hampered by the fact that institutional investors would welcome a regime where State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are discouraged to continually depend on government funding.

Monthly inflation decreased to 0.4% in February

2021-03-16 Staff Reporter

Namibia’s annual inflation rate for February 2021 increased to 2.7% compared to 2.5% recorded in February 2020. On a monthly basis, inflation decreased to 0.4% compared to 0.9% recorded in the previous month.

Meatco appoints co-opted members on the board

2021-03-16 Staff Reporter

The Meat Corporation of Namibia’s (Meatco)’s board of directors has appointed three co-opted members of the board, namely Shiwana Ndeunyema, Fanuel Tjivau and Kishi Shakumu to serve from 1 March 2021 until 28 February 2022.

Iipumbu impressed with Erongo SMEs activeness

2021-03-16 Maihapa Ndjavera

Minister of Industrialisation and Trade (MIT) Lucia Iipumbu is impressed with the activeness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Erongo region. She expressed this sentiment during stakeholders’ consultations with the business community in the Erongo region.