25th April 2025  /  EAGLE FM

1. During the launch of the Financial Stability Report of Namibia by Bank of Namibia(BON), Florrette Nakusera the director of Financial Stability and Marcroprudential Oversight at BON indicated Namibia financial sector remain stable, sound and resilience.

David Shoombe got into the conversation with FlorretteNakusera to unpack this.

2. The proposal, which initially aimed to raise VAT by 2% over two years, had sparked widespread opposition and ultimately led to the postponement of last month’s National Budget.

Now the questions in our mind is, What could be the underlying factors, and what are the alternatives for African economies to fund budget deficits?

To answer and provide more insights we spoke to our in-house economist Nghiinomenwa Erastus,

Another economist, Peter Frans shared his views on this.