Namibian economy

29 08, 2022

COURTESY VISITS TO THE NAMIBIAN PORTS AUTHORITY (NAMPORT)

2022-08-29T12:35:26+00:00 August 29th, 2022|NEWS|

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 [...]

6 07, 2020

WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT – OR NOT…

2023-07-27T09:49:06+00:00 July 6th, 2020|ECONOMIC PULSE, NEWS|

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 clearly, is to focus on what we can do. Finally, we sometimes find comfort in realising that we are not [...]

8 06, 2020

NAVIGATING THESE TRYING TIMES

2023-07-27T09:50:00+00:00 June 8th, 2020|ECONOMIC PULSE, NEWS|

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 templates to assist us in successfully navigating through the storm. Covid-19 has caught the world by surprise, and although there [...]

11 02, 2020

RUGBY RULES FOR PROTECTING YOUR CAPITAL

2023-07-27T09:55:59+00:00 February 11th, 2020|ECONOMIC PULSE, NEWS|

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 due to burglary on your premises, but rather the simple facts of economics. If one works with a long-term average inflation [...]

11 02, 2020

LAYERS OF INVESTING – Where to begin?

2023-07-27T09:59:00+00:00 February 11th, 2020|ECONOMIC PULSE, NEWS|

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. The ‘why layer’ tries to establish exactly what your investment objectives are. It attempts to answer the question as to [...]

5 02, 2020

INVESTING AGAINST EMOTION

2023-07-27T10:00:15+00:00 February 5th, 2020|ECONOMIC PULSE, NEWS|

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 subconscious minds and instinct / emotions /intuition allows us to react quickly without having to reason ourselves out of every situation, [...]

5 02, 2020

NAMIBIA IN RECESSION – HOW WE ENDED HERE

2023-07-27T10:01:02+00:00 February 5th, 2020|ECONOMIC PULSE, NEWS|

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 showed Namibia improving consistently despite the challenges presented by her geography and complicated history. Real per capita income has increased, unemployment [...]