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503, 2024

ECONOMIC PROGRESS UNDER NAMIBIA’S LATE PRESIDENT

March 5th, 2024|Comments Off on ECONOMIC PROGRESS UNDER NAMIBIA’S LATE PRESIDENT

Economic Pulse – March 2024 His Excellency Dr Hage Geingob embarked on his presidency in 2015 amidst a wave of public support, having secured 86% of the presidential vote in 2014. However, with Geingob’s inauguration [...]

902, 2024

Navigating 2024

February 9th, 2024|Comments Off on Navigating 2024

Global economic normalisation, electoral crossroads, and Namibia’s path to recovery With 2024 well underway, now seems to be an opportune time to look at what the year is expected to have in store in terms [...]

601, 2024

2024: The year of elections

January 6th, 2024|Comments Off on 2024: The year of elections

2024 will see an unusually high number of large and geopolitically significant economies hold elections. According to Bloomberg, voters in countries representing 41% of the world’s population and 42% of its gross domestic product will [...]

1512, 2023

The Year in Review

December 15th, 2023|Comments Off on The Year in Review

Entering 2023, Namibia’s economic landscape was characterised by cautiously optimistic projections, underpinned by strong commodity performance, a surge in government spending, the expected validation of prior oil discoveries and the emerging interest in green hydrogen [...]

2507, 2023

THE US BANKING CRISIS AND THE RISKS FOR NAMIBIA

July 25th, 2023|Comments Off on THE US BANKING CRISIS AND THE RISKS FOR NAMIBIA

Economic Pulse - June 2023 The largest global banking crisis since 2008 emerged in March this year, resulting in US regulators shutting down and selling three small- to mid-sized banks over the span of five [...]

2507, 2023

TAKING STOCK OF 2023 SO FAR

July 25th, 2023|Comments Off on TAKING STOCK OF 2023 SO FAR

Economic Pulse - May 2023 2023 was off to a flying start, with the first quarter of the year being a generally positive one for Namibia in terms of economic and financial developments. On the [...]

2507, 2023

TECHNOLOGY, AI AND JOB DISPLACEMENT

July 25th, 2023|Comments Off on TECHNOLOGY, AI AND JOB DISPLACEMENT

Economic Pulse - March 2023 The advent of new technologies has often raised concern that new, often more efficient ways of doing things, will lead to job displacement. This fear has not been limited to [...]

2507, 2023

THE AGE OF THE DIGITAL NOMAD VISA : NAMIBIA JOINS THE CLUB

July 25th, 2023|Comments Off on THE AGE OF THE DIGITAL NOMAD VISA : NAMIBIA JOINS THE CLUB

Economic Pulse - February 2023 Digital nomad visas have been rising in the popularity as the number of people working remotely has increased in recent years. Remote working became a necessity during the pandemic-induced lockdowns [...]

2507, 2023

THE CASE FOR SHARE REPURCHASES

July 25th, 2023|Comments Off on THE CASE FOR SHARE REPURCHASES

Economic Pulse - January 2023 Share repurchases have been a hotly debated topic, particularly in the developed world, for a number of years now, and yet it somehow still remains one of the most misunderstood [...]

1307, 2023

BEST OF 2022 – ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS

July 13th, 2023|Comments Off on BEST OF 2022 – ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS

Economic Pulse - December 2022 Looking back, 2022 was a year of ups and downs. The optimism that pervaded the start of the year faded as the Ukraine conflict escalated. Tightening monetary policy and rampant [...]

1207, 2023

NAMIBIA’S URANIUM SECTOR IS ESSENTIAL TO A DECARBONISED WORLD

July 12th, 2023|Comments Off on NAMIBIA’S URANIUM SECTOR IS ESSENTIAL TO A DECARBONISED WORLD

Economic Pulse - October 2022 Nuclear power has long been controversial, with proponents citing its potential to decarbonise the world and opponents raising concerns about safety and waste. However, as the need to address climate [...]

1207, 2023

NAMIBIA’S UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AMBITIONS

July 12th, 2023|Comments Off on NAMIBIA’S UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AMBITIONS

Economic Pulse - September 2022 Over the pas couple of decades a lot has been done in terms of improving health care systems around the world. The number of low- and middle-income countries aspiring to [...]

2706, 2023

HOW IRRATIONAL DECISION-MAKING IMPACTS MARKETS

June 27th, 2023|Comments Off on HOW IRRATIONAL DECISION-MAKING IMPACTS MARKETS

Financial theory in the traditional sense assumes that investors act rationally, using all available information to make investment decisions. If we also assume that markets are frictionless (no tax and no costs), we should have [...]

607, 2020

WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT – OR NOT…

July 6th, 2020|Comments Off on WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT – OR NOT…

It is probably quite normal to first move into a state of panic when threatening things catch you by surprise. A potential next step, when the dust has settled and we can think more [...]

806, 2020

NAVIGATING THESE TRYING TIMES

June 8th, 2020|Comments Off on NAVIGATING THESE TRYING TIMES

The world has seen many crises before. While each crisis is different, Ray Dalio (founder of Bridgewater Associates) reminds us that history has a tendency to teach us patterns that we can use as [...]

2804, 2020

EMOTIONAL MARKETS

April 28th, 2020|Comments Off on EMOTIONAL MARKETS

On 28 May 1962 the Dow Jones average of thirty leading industrial stocks dropped by 34.95 points. At the time this was a drop bigger than on any other day in history, with the [...]

503, 2020

DO I BUY OR DO I RENT?

March 5th, 2020|Comments Off on DO I BUY OR DO I RENT?

So, you don’t want to pay off someone else’s bond, right? Intuitively this thinking makes sense and it has been the reason for many people wanting to own a property. However, rental expense never [...]

1102, 2020

RUGBY RULES FOR PROTECTING YOUR CAPITAL

February 11th, 2020|Comments Off on RUGBY RULES FOR PROTECTING YOUR CAPITAL

Sometimes it helps to start by focusing on what something is not. Leaving your cash under the mattress is one of the surest ways to cause a permanent loss of capital. No, not necessarily [...]

1102, 2020

MOVING ON SWIFTLY

February 11th, 2020|Comments Off on MOVING ON SWIFTLY

Photo Credit:  Susan Nel Photography As February breaks and salaried employees give a collective sigh of relief after a long-awaited January payday, it is worth taking a moment to do [...]

1102, 2020

LAYERS OF INVESTING – Where to begin?

February 11th, 2020|Comments Off on LAYERS OF INVESTING – Where to begin?

The range of options available to investors can often be overwhelming. Where do you even begin? To answer this question it can be useful to break your investment decisions into three simplified layers: 1. [...]

502, 2020

INVESTING AGAINST EMOTION

February 5th, 2020|Comments Off on INVESTING AGAINST EMOTION

Reason is probably one of the biggest distinctions between humans and animals. It has given us the ability to learn from different circumstances and to adapt over time. These lessons sit deep in our [...]

502, 2020

NAMIBIA IN RECESSION – HOW WE ENDED HERE

February 5th, 2020|Comments Off on NAMIBIA IN RECESSION – HOW WE ENDED HERE

Until now it had never been difficult to answer this question because the words ‘’forward’’, ‘’onward’’ or ‘’upward’’ were mostly used to describe Namibia’s economic growth and outlook. Until now, the measures of progress [...]

502, 2020

CHANGE ON THE HORISON?

February 5th, 2020|Comments Off on CHANGE ON THE HORISON?

In last month’s issue we unpacked the origins of the current economic crisis gripping Namibia. We recounted the combination of external factors and domestic policy errors that contributed to the economy overheating, which has [...]