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 days. In the same month, in Europe, troubled Swiss giant, Credit Suisse was take-over by a rival bank in a [...]
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 economic front, preliminary National Accounts data from the Namibia Statistics Agency show that Namibia recorded real GDP growth of 4.6% [...]
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 blue-collar jobs, as white-collar jobs have been equally "threatened" by the introduction of technologies such as calculators on computers. In [...]
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 and most of us have had to adapt to getting the job done outside of the customary office environment. This [...]
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 and maligned corporate actions. The reason why the subject is topical in Namibia right now is the fact that two [...]
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 inflation in major developed economies renewed the uncertainty of economic recovery though mid-to-late 2022. And, as at the time of [...]
Caption from left to right: Jaco Esterhuyse, Financial Director of Capricorn Group and Marlize Horn, Group Executive: Brand & Corporate Affairs, at the Afrox Bulk Medical Oxygen facility in Windhoek 7 July 2021 On 7 July 2021, Capricorn Group received the first truck with 21 tonnes of medical oxygen, at [...]
Caption left to right: Dr. Dina Katoma, Revonia Kahivere, Herodiana Kandjeke, and Robert De Celestino Robert. 10 June 2021: The African Leadership Institute (ALI) has completed its sixth training for health officials in Namibia and this has led to another twelve-healthcare professionals now being able to register for, and graduate [...]
Caption from left to right: Mr. Ben Nangombe: Executive Director - MHSS, Hon. Esther Muinjangue: Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Jason Hailongo: Chief Executive Officer of NaSIA, Ms, Petronella Masabane: Deputy Executive Director – MHSS. 30 April 2021: On 29 April 2021, an amount [...]
The Newsletter for the Pension Fund Industry & Pension Fund Investors: The Early Bird fund performance indicators for April 2021 have been released. To get an early feel for what to expect of the month in terms of returns on your pension investment, the market gained 0.68% (Allshare Index ex div), ranging between 7.55% [...]
