19/05/2025
๐จ๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ก๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ: ๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต
๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต | 16 ๐๐ข๐บ 2025
On Friday morning, the NaSIA Namibia Savings and Investment Association proudly hosted a Thought Leadership Breakfast under the theme โ๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ขโ๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ: ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ.โ
We began the morning with an insightful presentation from Meameno Johannes, Ph.D Johannes, titled โ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ: ๐ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.โ Her presentation unpacked Namibiaโs infrastructure investment gap and outlined the strategic case for leveraging domestic capital (especially pension fund assets) to finance bankable, high-impact projects.
We were honoured to welcome Nina Yose CA (SA) MBA, our guest speaker from the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), South Africa. Ms. Yose shared the IDCโs funding model and infrastructure financing track record across South Africa and the region highlighting key lessons, successes, challenges, and future opportunities relevant to Namibiaโs evolving infrastructure needs.
The session was followed by a robust panel discussion, moderated by Vetumbuavi Mungunda Mungunda, and featured esteemed panelists:
๐น Martin Inkumbi โ GIPF -Government Institutions Pension Fund
๐น Heike Scholtz โ Development Bank of Namibia
๐น Rauna Mukumangeni โ of Finance Namibia (PPP Unit)
๐น Immanuel Kadhila โ Eos Capital
Their contributions sparked important reflections on regulatory frameworks, risk-sharing models, project preparation, and the role of blended finance in unlocking long-term capital for infrastructure development.
We extend our gratitude to all industry leaders and guests who joined us in this critical conversation. As we work towards transforming Namibiaโs infrastructure investment landscape, these engagements continue to shape bold, locally driven solutions for sustainable growth.
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