Namibia

  • Jan 16, 2017
  • 7 min read

Namibian mining boost to prompt growth return

Poor economic performance last year should reverse in 2017 as the government banks on mining potential

Namibia
  • Nov 16, 2016
  • 8 min read

Prospects for Southern Africa in 2017

A gloomy economic outlook will see a number of unpopular leaders under pressure to announce exit plans

Southern Africa
  • Sep 1, 2016
  • 6 min read

Namibia leader's radical policies to worry investors

Politically popular draft legislation aiming to boost wealth distribution may harm the business environment

Namibia
  • Mar 23, 2016
  • 13 min read

Global mining M&A deals will be small and few

Mining companies' capital bases have deteriorated; they are likely neither to be acquirers nor acquired

International
  • Nov 24, 2015
  • 7 min read

Global zinc oversupply will depress prices

Weaker growth in emerging countries clouds the outlook for zinc demand

International
  • Aug 17, 2015
  • 7 min read

Stability risks mar Southern Africa customs reform

South Africa's effective cross-subsidisation of its neighbours appears increasingly unsustainable

Botswana
  • Aug 3, 2015
  • 6 min read

Namibia activists could prompt moderate policy shifts

The president has defused the threat of land invasion from activists, suggesting policy pragmatism ahead

Namibia
  • May 28, 2015
  • 7 min read

Drought will drive Southern Africa food insecurity

Crop-destroying floods and droughts are raising hunger levels in food-insecure Southern Africa

Southern Africa