Will We Have The Skills?
This fourth edition of the Green Hydrogen Monitor spotlights a comprehensive assessment which concludes that while the foundational skills exist, a strategic, country-wide effort is required to bridge the gap between conventional trades and the sophisticated demands of the green hydrogen value chain.
Inside The Numbers Of Namibia’s 2024 Vote
This IPPR briefing paper dissects the 2024 National Assembly results and shows Swapo’s support sliding to a little above the 50% mark after peaking at 80% in 2014. Using constituency-level data, it traces three big shifts: urban centres turning into battlegrounds, the South consolidating as opposition territory, and cracks emerging in the party’s northern heartlands. […]
Countering Election Disinformation
An overview of mis- and disinformation that affected Namibia’s 2024 national elections. The report is accompanied by five issue-specific bulletins that examine:
Namibia’s National Budget 2025/26: Analysis
The national budget tabled by Minister of Finance Ericah Shafudah on 27 March 2025 represented continuity rather than change and reflected few of the priorities contained in the Swapo Manifesto or its Implementation Plan. Minister Shafudah recommitted government to achieving a primary budget surplus, reducing debt as a proportion of GDP, meeting the country’s foreign […]
Civil Society Perspectives on the Budget
Over the past two years civil society organisations have presented proposals and submissions to the Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises regarding priorities for the national budget. Released on the eve of the 2024/25 mid-year budget review, this briefing paper summarises the main points made by civil society ranging from welfare reform to support for […]
Renewables Policy and Practice in Namibia
This briefing paper provides an overview of the renewables landscape in Namibia – covering solar, wind, hydropower, green hydrogen, and biopower as well as looking at potential job pathways in the sector.
Problematic Influences
States have a legitimate mandate to protect national security. However, on a global scale, the concept of national security has increasingly become a problematic framework for state approaches to cyberspace and digital technology law. In many countries, the state frequently invokes the rhetoric of national security to justify authoritarian repression and human rights violations. In […]
Human Rights in Namibia
In early March 2024, Namibian civil society submitted its report on Namibia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to the UN Human Rights Committee. The report was produced in collaboration with the Centre for Civil and Political Rights based in Geneva. The UN Human Rights Committee, meeting from 4 to […]
The National Budget 2024-25
The 2024-25 National Budget indicated that Finance Minister Iipumbu Shiimi has successfully steered the country’s public finances through their most challenging period since Independence. Yet, as the Minister admitted, the recovery will not be nearly sufficient to address the country’s high unemployment levels. Creating sustainable employment opportunities remains the central economic challenge facing Namibia.
No Privacy, Guaranteed
The Namibian communications surveillance framework will come into full force on 1 April 2024. This briefing paper argues that the changes underway raise serious human rights concerns around the right to privacy as well as free expression and media freedom. The paper goes on to propose pathways for a course correction.