Business Report

In the Alexforbes Lead Story: Access to finance remains a key challenge for Namibian SMEs. Angie Scholtz spoke to SME Compete Director Danny Meyer about the FNB Namibia and Arch Resources partnership and what it could mean for businesses in the construction and infrastructure sector.  

Coming up in the Market Watch: Michelle van Wyk speaks to Helena Mboti from Standard Bank about Namibia’s inflation outlook, and why she expects inflation to remain close to 5% in the near term. They also look at rising global oil and diesel pressures, the impact of El Niño, and why Namibia could follow South Africa with another interest rate hike.  

In Tech Talk Gerald tells us all about the cost of free AI Agents.  

Today in Ghost Biz, Gary Stroebel and The Finance Ghost discuss: Pepkor’s falling share price despite continued earnings growth — and the case for its new bank. Premier’s RFG acquisition, strong earnings and the controversy around its Tulbagh fruit canning factory and why Premier’s closure could have wider implications for workers and the surrounding region.  

In the Namdeb SPOTLIGHT, Angie is joined by Hambeleleni Matsi, better known as Lady Ham, who is the CEO of DiagnoLab, an entrepreneur, agripreneur, and author.  

In the Alexforbes Lead Story: The Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board, NIPDB, hosted the Bavaria-Namibia Business Forum in Windhoek, bringing together government officials, investors and businesses to explore opportunities for cooperation. For more on this, Angie Scholtz sat down with Titus Shivute to discuss it.  

In Tech Talk Gerald tells us all about the three C’s.  

In the Alexforbes Lead Story: Namibia has been ranked second globally for renewable energy growth, according to the World Resources Institute. Angie Scholtz sat down with Almandro Jansen, an Economist at Simonis Storm Securities, about this ranking.  

Coming up in the Market Watch - Michelle van Wyk speaks to Cheryl Emvula from FirstRand about rising inflation, driven largely by higher oil and fuel prices, and what this means for interest rates in Namibia. They also look at the rand, food inflation, and why interest rates could remain higher for longer — with the possibility of rate cuts being pushed out to 2028.