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About Us

About Us

Our Values
Act with integrity
Open Engagement
Lead through innovation
Performance Excellence
We Care
Embrace Diversity
About The Bank of Namibia
Mr Johannes !Gawaxab - Governor - Bank of Namibia

The Bank of Namibia welcomes you to our new and improved website. The Bank’s vision is to be a leading central bank committed to a prosperous Namibia. Through effective monetary policy and an inclusive and stable financial system, our mission is to support sustainable economic development for the benefit of all Namibian people. Our mission reflects our commitment to support socio- economic progress and sustainable economic development in Namibia.

To achieve this, we focus on our statutory mandate, which includes price and financial stability, supervision, payments and settlements, exchange control, banking services to the Government, the issuance of coins and notes, foreign reserves management, fiscal advice to the Government, and macroprudential oversight.

Our website has been customised to address our diverse stakeholders’ needs and to portray the functions of our various departments and divisions. In line with the ever-changing and fast-paced digital environment, we ensure that the content on our website is reader-friendly and provides an overview of the central bank’s objectives. As one of the Bank’s core strategic focus areas, stakeholder engagement remains an essential function of the Bank.

This pillar not only ensures that we communicate effectively and frequently, but also that we heed your feedback through our various online platforms. To enable this, we have developed a chatbot feature, which is prepopulated with enquiries received through our social media platforms, media engagements, and the Bank’s email facility. The updated responses are diverse, comprising issues relating to illegal financial schemes, currency, complaints procedures, credit bureaus, payment systems, Treasury Bills and Government bonds, and matters pertaining to monetary policy.

Mr Johannes !Gawaxab
Governor
Bank of Namibia

 The Bank's Responsibilities

The Bank of Namibia is the central bank of the Republic of Namibia, whose establishment is enshrined in Article 128 of the Namibian Constitution.

The Bank is responsible for:

Bank Responsibilities - Formulating and implementing monetary policy
Formulating and implementing monetary policy
Bank Responsibilities - Issuing banknotes and coin
Issuing banknotes and coin
Bank Responsibilities - Supervising the banking sector
Supervising the banking sector
Bank Responsibilities - Ensuring the effective functioning of the national payment system
Ensuring the effective functioning of the national payment system
Bank Responsibilities - Managing foreign-exchange reserves
Managing foreign-exchange reserves
Bank Responsibilities - Acting as banker to the government
Acting as banker to the government
Bank Responsibilities - Administering the country's remaining exchange controls
Administering the country's remaining exchange controls
Bank Responsibilities - Promoting Financial Stability
Promoting Financial Stability

 30th Anniversary Documentary
 Bank of Namibia Corporate Identity

Bank of Namibia - Chatbot