04/11/2022 Wins for land servicing and education, strong showings for tourism, manufacturing and transport and logistics The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) hosted its prestigious 2022 Good Business Awards in Windhoek on the night of 3 November 2022. Officiated over by the Vice President, His Excellency, Dr. Nangolo Mbumba, the event was attended by leading [...]
By Reem El Sherif, RMB Strategy and Business Development Manager. Reem leads Strategy in RMB Namibia and is a passionate researcher in the gender and socio-economic development field. With just around seven and a half years to go for the world to achieve the ambitious gender equality targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, the average [...]
September 23, 2022 Economists are predicting the Bank of Namibia (BoN) will raise its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage points in October, the second such rise in a row, and signal plans to raise rates again in the coming months. This was after the South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the [...]
On 7 February 2022 the FirstRand Namibia Foundation, Pupkewitz Foundation and Ohorongo Cement reaffirmed their commitment to support the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia at their annual sponsorship handover. Rozina Jacobs, FNB Home Loans National Sales Manager, representing the FirstRand Namibia Foundation at the event, said the partners remain committed to this worthy cause, because [...]
2 February 2022: The prestigious Global Finance magazine has recognised RMB Namibia as the Best Treasury and Cash Management Bank and RMB as the Best Bank for Payments and Collections in Africa. The awards acknowledge excellence in treasury and cash management in relation to market share and reach, customer service, competitive pricing, product innovation and differentiation. [...]
NEW BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR PAID A COURTESY VISIT TO THE PORT OF WALVIS BAY The new Brazilian Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, Her Excellency Vivian Loss Sanmartin paid a courtesy call to Namport last Friday, 19 August 2022. The purpose of the visit is a result of the Excellency’s roadmap focusing on maritime, agricultural and industrial cooperation [...]
MEAT BOARD HAS LIMITED AMOUNTS OF BUSH ARBOROCIDES: The Meat Board imports and sells bush arborocides on a cost recovery basis to producers in an effort to make a contribution towards the combating of national bush encroachment. The eradication of intruder and unwanted bushes increases the carrying capacity of national pastures, as well as production. The initial costs of [...]
Caption: ART1427: (f.l.t.r) Wiann Mans, Learning and Development Manager, Isdor Angula, FirstRand Namibia CHRO, Elzita Beukes, Group Communications Manager, Daisry Mathias, Presidential Advisor: Youth and Enterprise Development, and Conrad Dempsey, FirstRand Namibia CEO. 24 November 2021 FirstRand Namibia has launched the FirstJob Internship Programme in line with the leading financial services group’s purpose and broader Namibian [...]
Image credit - Namport It is with profound pleasure that we inform you of the resumption of Passenger vessel services at the Namibian Ports Authority, as we will be welcoming the MS Europa on 25 November 2021. The Passenger vessel will be docked at the Port of Walvis Bay for two (2) days before sailing [...]
About the author: Ekkehard Friedrich is a Partner at Eos Capital, Namibia’s premier private equity fund management firm and an active supporter of developing Namibia’s Green Hydrogen future. The Namibian government has done a sterling job at positioning Namibia as a premier producer of Green Hydrogen and Ammonia, and has recently accepted nine bids for [...]
