economic governance

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Africa

Namibia to assume AfDB alternate executive director role in 2025

Namibia will take up the role of Alternate Executive Director for the Southern Africa Group II Constituency at the African Development Bank (AfDB) starting 1 August 2025. Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah says this appointment strengthens the country's role in AfDB governance and will involve coordination with Angola, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Erica Shafudah Photo: X Furthermore, this position involves participating in strategic decision-making to promote […]

today11 June, 2025

Namibia

Calls for stronger oversight in Sovereign Wealth Fund

    WINDHOEK, 13 March – The Welwitschia Sovereign Wealth Fund, launched in May 2022, is making financial progress but concerns over governance and transparency remain. The Executive Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Graham Hopwood has urged greater clarity on how the fund is managed, particularly in the absence of a finalised bill to regulate it. While the Bank of Namibia has reported an increase in the […]

today13 March, 2025

South Africa

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

      By Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria     South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global economy, 75% of world trade and 67% of global population. The G20 defines itself as the premier multilateral forum […]

today15 May, 2024

Opinion Pieces

Reflections on the economic legacy of his excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob

      By Josef Kefas Sheehama   Today, Namibia mourns the loss of one of its most influential leaders. His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, Namibia's 3rd president, 04 February 2024 at the age of 82. It is fair that we revisit His Excellency Dr. Hage G Geingob role in the economic governance of Namibia, particularly, some of the economic policies and programmes that laid the foundation for the […]

today21 February, 2024