insert_link Business / Economics Credit Growth Holds Steady at 5.7% Private sector credit growth stayed unchanged at 5.7% year-on-year in July 2025, the fastest pace since early 2020. Simonis Storm analyst Thazwill Thompson says this stability points to a consolidating credit cycle, with corporate demand easing while household uptake shows modest recovery. today4 September, 2025
insert_link Namibia Urban Mobility Summit Aims to Drive Growth in Windhoek Windhoek’s Urban Mobility Conference 2025 is underway with the theme “Driving Economic Growth Through Urban Mobility.” City spokesperson Lydia Amutenya says the event brings together policymakers, private innovators, scholars and community voices to craft solutions for an upgraded, greener public transport system. The push is to make mobility more sustainable while spurring economic opportunities. today10 July, 2025
Uncategorized Unemployment in Namibia – A call for multi-sectoral action Sydwill Scholtz By: Sydwill Scholtz, Labour Analyst The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) released the latest 2023 unemployment statistics for the country in January 2025, and, needless to say, the results are nothing shy of shocking. The results indicate that unemployment remains a significant social challenge in the country with the inherent ripple effect of poverty and social unrest detracting from the country's economic growth and development as […] today26 February, 2025
insert_link South Africa SA’s 2025 G20 Host Role a Key Business Opportunity According To Standard Bank Standard Bank says South Africa’s role as host of the 2025 G20 Summit and its associated B20 Summit, presents a significant business opportunity. South Africa assumed the G20 Presidency in December 2024, becoming the first African country to hold the presidency of the world’s premier economic cooperation grouping. Standard Bank’s, Oscar Siziba, says the B20 Summit, the official business engagement forum of the G20, will provide a platform for private […] today13 February, 2025
insert_link Business / Economics NCCI to elect business leaders and representatives across all 14 regions NCCI President Bisey Uirab Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Bisey Uirab has announced that their extraordinary meetings will be held at branch levels in towns across all 14 regions to elect business leaders and representatives for the Chamber’s 29 branches. Uirab urged private sector stakeholders, entrepreneurs, and managers to actively participate in the chamber's structure to enhance business representation at all levels. today29 January, 2025
insert_link South Africa ActionSA Backs Mixed Economy to Boost Investment ActionSA says it supports a thriving mixed economy in which the government plays its part by creating an enabling policy and safety environment to attract local and foreign direct investments. ActionSA president Herman Mashaba says the government cannot reasonably be expected to be the sole creator of mass employment. He says if properly enabled through appropriate legislation and, where necessary, incentives, a thriving private sector can contribute meaningfully to […] today6 January, 2025
insert_link Business / Economics Economist Urges Reforms as South Africa’s GDP Shrinks by 0.3% In S.A, North-West University Business School economist, Raymond Parsons, has called for urgent economic reforms following the disappointing gross domestic product growth figures for the third quarter, when it decreased by 0.3-percent. Parsons calls for more investment and faster reforms from both the public and private sectors to drive job-rich growth and improve the economy: today4 December, 2024
insert_link South Africa Cosatu Welcomes Dip in Unemployment Rate in South Africa S A. Union Cosatu says the slight dip in the unemployment rate is a welcome reprieve, coming on the back of three consecutive quarters of job losses. About 294-thousand more people were employed in the third quarter of this year. Cosatu’s, Matthew Parks, says unemployment remains dangerously high among young people. He says the private sector needs to come to the party by halting the flood of retrenchments […] today13 November, 2024
insert_link Africa Africa’s off-grid solar sector is electrifying global investors By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency Africa’s off-grid solar sector continues to be a magnet for investment, with recent analysis from Africa: the Big Deal emphasizing its growing appeal to investors. Despite a general decline in start-up funding across the continent over the last two years, the industry remains a clear priority for both the social impact and regular investment community. According to Laura Fortes, the senior […] today22 August, 2024
