Meanwhile in Namibia, our basket is still based on the 2009/10 Household Income and Expenditure Survey...

When egg prices jump: Supply and demand. When labor costs jump: Supply and demand. When home prices jump: Supply and demand. When rents jump: Conspiracy! Greed!

Say what you want about them, but incredible performances by the Namibian women's and men's indoor hockey teams at the Indoor World Cup. Putting up those results against countries with much larger populations and far more resources. Flying our flag high🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦

We are pleased to announce the merger of Survey Warehouse and Cirrus. For trusted research and data-driven insights, speak to Cirrus Survey Warehouse.

This ETF is a 2019 Cirrus and ABSA initiative, that made it possible for foreign investors to buy Namibian debt (and thus help fund the budget deficit) in non-paper settled form, on a major exchange. Very proud of this outcome! Well done all!

Sports betting and young men in Namibia: A silent catastrophe By Fimanekeni Mbodo In recent years, sports betting has surged in popularity across Namibia, becoming a widespread pastime among the youth. While it offers the pull of quick financial gains, this trend has raised

If the GRN is going to be a job creator, it will soon run out of money. GRN’s task is to create an environment in which industry can thrive. Wanting to recruit everybody into the public sector is a recipe with all the redeeming qualities of a pending economic disaster.

The Bank of Namibia MPC unanimously decided to hold the repo rate at 6.75% in light of domestic, regional and global developments - but urges commercial banks to narrow prime lending margins in line with CMA peers.

Building tons and tons of housing works 'Affordability' is not something you mandate in new units. It's the consequence of building enough supply.

World Bank’s reclassification of Namibia’s income status is more of a revision than a downgrade. The census revealed a 3.0m population in '23 - higher than World Bank and NSA estimates of ~2.6m. However, a poor macro-environment is the underlying reason for this rapid decline.

Instead of cherry-picking our favorite anecdotes, we could look at the vast academic literature on state-owned enterprises, nationalization and privatization, and comparative economic organization. There is a clear consensus that SOEs underperform, but with important caveats. 1/

Uplifting of lives are done way easier through collecting taxes (share in revenues and profits) as opposed to ownership (share in risk).

Since '17, Cirrus advised Paratus on capital raisings totalling N$2.9 billion across equity and debt. We are proud to have supported them through much of their 20-year journey in Namibia. A big congratulations to Paratus, and on the exciting launch of their mobile network.

Glad to see sime of the rent-seekers are out in full force.

Happening Tommorow. Finance Minister Hon. Ericah Shafudah presents the 2025/26 Midterm Budget Review in Parliament.  #MidtermBudgetReview #MYBR25

Amazing chart, Venezuela used to be wealthier than Poland. Poland introduced capitalism & free market principles, Venezuela followed socialism Free market makes people wealthier, socialism always ends in bitter poverty and misery. Why are young people so fascinated by socialism?

Every politician should be required to write a 10-page paper on unintended consequences of government policy before they can take office.

"Nobody has ever disproven Karl Marx" The fact that it's not free to visit Marx's grave is a great bit of irony unto itself, but I'll quote Mises for a second: "Without ownership, there is no exchange. Without exchange, there are no prices. Without prices, there is no economic