Govt key to metal and fabrication industry growth
Government can help the country’s metal and fabrication industry expand through the provision of preferential tenders on national construction projects,Sam Geiseb, who is the growth facilitator for the...
View ArticleE-money transactions balloon to N$10.6 billion
The number of e-money issuers, as well as the volumes and values of e-money in Namibia has substantially grown over the past five years (2013-2017), the Bank of Namibia revealed this week. The number...
View ArticleGIPF exits Grove Mall investment
The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has disinvested from the Grove Mall of Namibia, where it had invested close to N$100 million. “From our 2010 Namibia property vintage, we had exposure to...
View ArticleEngen Namibia appoints new MD
Liquid fuels and lubricants marketing company, Engen Namibia, has appointed Christian Li as its new Managing Director. With over 20 years experience spanning the retail and lubricants side of the...
View ArticleSA’s interest in regional gas raises hope for Kudu
South Africa is expressing more interest in gas projects within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, Chief Operating Officer of the South African Gas Development Company,also known...
View ArticlePeugeot investment could open floodgates
The envisaged multi-million dollar Peugeot Assembly Plant at Walvis Bay, which is a joint venture with the government could open floodgates as investors take advantage of fully serviced industrial...
View ArticleKudu to get SADC lifeline
The Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Regional Gas Master Plan, which is expected to be adopted by the Heads of State when they meet in Windhoek later this month,will give the long...
View ArticleLeading cosmetic brands turn to Namibian ingredients
Namibian beauty products are increasingly being used as ingredients in beauty products made by multinationals such as L’Oréal and many others,an industry player revealed during an interview at the SADC...
View ArticleNamibia seeks regional production collaboration
Namibia is looking at building value chains with its neighbours whereby products can be jointly produced through a production chain before they are eventually exported or consumed within the Southern...
View ArticleTwapewa Kadhikwa talks about Olafika and her road to business success
Windhoek Observer (WO) Journalist, Khanyiswa Mogotsi, this week spoke to entrepreneur and businesswoman, Twapewa Kadhika, who has partnered with Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) to createThe...
View ArticleGovt key to metal and fabrication industry growth
Government can help the country’s metal and fabrication industry expand through the provision of preferential tenders on national construction projects,Sam Geiseb, who is the growth facilitator for the...
View ArticleE-money transactions balloon to N$10.6 billion
The number of e-money issuers, as well as the volumes and values of e-money in Namibia has substantially grown over the past five years (2013-2017), the Bank of Namibia revealed this week. The number...
View ArticleGIPF exits Grove Mall investment
The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has disinvested from the Grove Mall of Namibia, where it had invested close to N$100 million. “From our 2010 Namibia property vintage, we had exposure to...
View ArticleEngen Namibia appoints new MD
Liquid fuels and lubricants marketing company, Engen Namibia, has appointed Christian Li as its new Managing Director. With over 20 years experience spanning the retail and lubricants side of the...
View ArticleSA’s interest in regional gas raises hope for Kudu
South Africa is expressing more interest in gas projects within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, Chief Operating Officer of the South African Gas Development Company,also known...
View ArticleNamibia’s economy declines to 10-year low in 2017
Namibia recorded its lowest economic growth rate in a decade when the domestic economy contracted by 0.9 percent in 2017 compared to a 0.6 percent growth in 2016, figures released by the statistics...
View ArticleSmall companies ‘hanging in there’
Small companies are generally holding on in the current economic tough times, SMEs Compete Director, Danny Meyer, has said. “They are hanging in and using the opportunity to identify complimentary...
View ArticleCafé Schneider hits hard times
When Café Schneider, one of Windhoek’s popular eating spots over the past six decades, put up a notice that it is looking for new premises,there were fears that the city would lose yet another one of...
View ArticleFitch raises red flags over land conference
The Second National Land Conference which is scheduled to be held in October might lead to some policy uncertainty,amid calls for expropriation without compensation, the Fitch Ratings agency warned...
View ArticleInflation expected to continue upward trajectory
Namibians can expect the cost of living to continue to increase for the rest of the year going into Christmas, a local economist has predicted. Inflation accelerated to 4.5 percent in July from 4...
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