The legacy of privileged elites endures decades after apartheid. Namibia remains among the world’s most unequal nations with roughly more than 40% of citizens in poverty, and unemployment near 50%.

SMEs are the backbone of any thriving economy. If this trajectory continues, Namibia risks hollowing out its entrepreneurial base, leaving behind an economy that cannot generate jobs, innovation, or ...

Namibia's informal economy now contributes 26.5% to the country's gross domestic product (GDP), representing approximately US$13 billion at GDP purchasing power parity (PPP) levels for 2025.

WINDHOEK, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Thursday pledged to double the creative sector's contribution to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) from 1.5 percent ...

Namibia’s upcoming Venus offshore oil development could become a key pillar of the country’s economic growth, contributing up ...

Plans for Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote's N$2.4-billion oil storage facility at Walvis Bay and a proposed fuel pipeline to Zimbabwe have been met with caution.

BME Namibia is building its local skills, technical capacity and supply chain to consolidate and grow its position in Namibia’s mining sector, according to Albie Visser, BME’s general manager for ...

WINDHOEK, June 22 (Reuters) - Namibia's economy shrunk by 2.7 percent in the first quarter of this year after a revised contraction of 1.4 percent in the last quarter of 2017, the statistics agency ...

Green energy a generational opportunity Mamsey Musweu In Namibia's ||Kharas region, a new generation of changemakers are shaping the country's green industrial future, among them Emmanuela ...

Namibia's young population, rich resources and strategic location offers us the chance to reshape our economic future but only if we work smart, act fast and innovate boldly.In a rapidly changing ...

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Namibia's economic fundamentals remain sound, but the recovery may be negatively affected by lower global demand, said central bank deputy Governor Paul Hartmann.

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Namibian economy is forecast to grow by 1.0 percent during 2009, a slowdown from the estimated growth of 2.7 percent in 2008, the central bank said in its economic ...