INNOVATION AND THE INDUSTRIES OF TOMORROW

Namibia has significant potential to participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution through local innovation in IoT, robotics, AI, and sustainable technologies. Rowland Brown explores global trends and how initiatives like FABLab Namibia can help shape the industries of tomorrow.

GLOBAL AND REGIONAL GROWTH

Namibia’s economy contracted in 2017 after years of strong growth, with construction and retail trade hit hardest. Mining and agriculture provided some relief amid weak fixed investment and regional challenges from South Africa. An IJG Securities analysis.

NAMIBIA IN 2017 AND BEYOND

After years of strong growth driven by mining investment and fiscal expansion, Namibia enters 2017 facing significant fiscal contraction, slowing activity and external risks. An analysis of the outlook and critical policy choices ahead.