Expo’s vital for strengthening local economy

Annual expos and trade fairs that are hosted by various local authorities across the country are vital for the socio-economic development of those communities, and as such require all stakeholders support to make them a success. These were the sentiments that were recently shared by Standard Bank’s Rundu Branch’s Manager, Muahala Ya-Kalimbo, when she and…

FNB Holds Innovation Conference

FNB Holdings recently hosted a four-day Innovation Conference coinciding with the International Innovation and Creativity Week. The conference focused on process optimization and trained internal Innovation Champions. “Known for being the most innovative bank in Africa, FNB believes in bottom-up innovation because it is fueled by the many ideas initiated by our own employees and…

Finding practical ways to save and invest

Iipumbu Shiimi, the governor of Bank of Namibia (BoN), in December 2017, when announcing that the repo rate would remain unchanged said, “don’t spend like there is no tomorrow, because there will be a tomorrow.” Shiimi, who described Namibia as a debt-ridden nation in April, advised Namibians to start developing a culture of saving to…

Local is Lekker’ with Namswagg

The ‘Namswagg’ idea started off as an instagram account where Salomo Festus would feature quality pictures of people that looked good and represented Namibians from various backgrounds. This included those that wore cultural attire, official wear, vintage and street wear as Festus saw how they all wore them in a classic way and he wanted…