Energy Conference – 4 November 2015
The aim of this conference is to outline the current power situation regionally and domestically as well as to highlight some of the current challenges and potential solutions to these issues through constructive engagement and discussions. The presentations are below:
Housing Event – 20 October 2015
On the 20th of October, 2015, the Economic Association of Namibia (EAN) co-hosted a Business Breakfast with the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), on the current Housing issue in Namibia. The presentations are available below:
Water Event – 10 September 2015
On the 10th of September, 2015, the Economic Association of Namibia (EAN) co-hosted a Business Breakfast with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, on the current water supply situation in Namibia. Below are the relevant presentations:
Namibia in the next Base-metals Boom – Lauren Davidson
Much hope is pinned on the mining sector to help Namibia recover from recessionary conditions, with poor growth performance recorded in 2016 while GDP forecasts for 2017 remain bleak. A strong rebound in the mining sector recorded this year definitely lends itself as an area of focus to help leverage the economy out of murky […]
Policy interventions place economy on credible recovery path – Schlettwein
Executive director for the Economic Association of Namibia, Klaus Schade, warned that the downgrading is expected to increase the future costs of borrowing, which will increase the allocation to statutory expenditure and reduce the funds available for other vital expenditure. However, he emphasised that borrowing costs are most likely not affected in the short-term, since […]
Fitch downgrades Namibia to below investment grade
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Namibia from BBB- to BB+, which is a non-investment rate on 20 November 2017. The revision was the result of extensive stakeholder consultations in Namibia at the end of October and beginning of November unlike the downgrading of Moody’s Investors Services on 11 August 2017 that was based on desk research. […]
Annual inflation lowest since 2015 – New Era
Commenting on the latest figures the Executive Director of the Economic Association of Namibia, Klaus Schade, said that price increases for services clearly remained the main driver of inflation accounting for 3.2 percentage points of the inflation of 5.2 percent. The category of ‘housing, water, electricity, etc.’ again recorded the highest inflation rate of the […]
Fitch junks Namibia – The Namibian
Commenting on the Fitch downgrade late yesterday, Economic Association of Namibia (EAN) director Klaus Schade said the downgrade was not unexpected after Schlettwein’s mid-year budget review was tabled.
Budget Review – 22 April 2015
Oil Price Uncertainty Event – 19 March 2015
‘SPE Namibia’ and Economic Association of Namibia Joint Technical and Networking Meeting. The topic presented was 2015 Oil Price Uncertainty: Why has it fallen and what does it mean for African Exploration. You can find the presentation below: