Economic resolutions for 2025: Reducing productivity gap and building resilience
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. The achievement of economic growth, development, reduction of the productivity gap, and improvement of resilience will require a thorough and accurate paradigm shift involving...
View ArticleWill new World Bank partnership framework propel Namibia to prosperity?
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. The implementation of key long-term strategies such as the National Development Plans and Harambee Prosperity Plan to advance Vision 2030 as a vehicle to industrialise the...
View ArticleThe paradoxical effect of Trumponomics: Lessons for African Leaders
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. President Trump’s executive orders serve as a wake-up call for African leaders, demanding that they put public service and economic development ahead of foreign aid and...
View ArticleWithout strong fiscal discipline, prosperity at 2030 remains but a dream
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. The new administration must take the lead in the mandatory fiscal adjustment process by significantly and publicly reducing the cost of governance while Namibians wait for the...
View ArticleWill the fledgling local Green Hydrogen industry survive the hype?
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. As an independent economic and business researcher who provides economic and business expertise pro gratis to the Namibian people and the global community, I frequently get...
View ArticleNavigating trade war strategies – China’s unwavering stand in the global order
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. Given the current state of trade tensions, the executive orders imposed by the United States of America’s new administration are a wake-up call for the global community since...
View ArticleH.E. Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah vows to diversify economy, promote good...
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. As a board member of the African Council on Foreign Relations, a Pan-African economic think tank, and an independent economic and business researcher, I extend my...
View ArticleUS tariffs will affect competitiveness of Namibia’s exports
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. The United States’ recent decision to impose sweeping 21% tariffs would negatively impact Namibia’s export earnings by disrupting established supply chains, decreasing the...
View ArticleUS Tariffs potential to drive up inflation, stymie economy and precipitate...
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. Namibia will be susceptible to this financial contagion in the short to medium term, but I disagree with the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Namibia’s assessment...
View ArticleBottom-up economic transformation for shared prosperity – SONA 25
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. On 24 April 2025, the President, H.E. Dr Netumbo Ndemupelila Nandi-Ndaitwah delivered her first State of the Nation Address (SONA), emphasizing “Unity in Diversity, Natural...
View ArticleCraft better policies for foreign investment and growing the private sector
By Josef Kefas Sheehama. The brave move by the President, H.E. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to curb raw material exports and encourage potential investors to contemplate value addition as a way to...
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