NIFA Academy

You do not need a technical bone in your body. You need two hours and the willingness to stop doing things the slow way.

The AI Professional Skills Series starts soon. Live, online, and built for professionals across every sector, this is your first step to working faster without cutting corners.

Save the date: 30 July 2026 · 18:00 CAT.

Meet our guest speaker for Session 6 of the Standard Bank Namibia Blue Growth Series: Vijanda Kasemba CBCA®,FMVA®, Financial Risk and Credit Professional.

With over five years of experience in private banking and credit risk management, Vijanda brings a banking perspective on SME financing, unpacking how formal MSMEs and informal vendors can strengthen their access to funding through sound risk management and investment readiness.

Session 6: Financing & Risk Management - A Banking Financing Perspective on SME Financing
- Formal MSMEs: 8 July
- Informal Vendors: 9 July

The Standard Bank Namibia Blue Growth Series is brought to you by Standard Bank Namibia in partnership with NIFA.

We look forward to an engaging and impactful session with our entrepreneurs.

Are you an entrepreneur? Applying for the National Youth Fund? Stop guessing which banking product fits your business. Come ask the people who built them.

The Standard Bank Namibia Blue Growth Series is hosting a Product Day on 10 July 2026, starting at 08H00, bringing the Standard Bank Namibia team on-site to showcase their banking products and facilities and assist MSMEs one-on-one in finding the right fit for their growth stage.

Explore on the day:

- Business and personal bank accounts
- PayPulse digital wallet setup and merchant account registration
- Card machines (POS)
- Blue Fuel and merchant solutions
- Vehicle and asset finance
- Trade finance: purchase orders, contracts and invoice discounting
- Business lending: overdrafts, revolving credit, term loans and property finance

NB: Blue Growth Series cohort participants also stand to receive exclusive incentives on the day.

Register here: https://forms.gle/qqN3ZpDwj3QcKgJN8

Every week you wait, someone with your exact job title gets better at this. That is not a threat. It is arithmetic.

Save the date. On 30 July, NIFA launches the AI Professional Skills Series, a live, 2-hour online workshop built for working professionals who want to close that gap fast.

30 July 2026 · 18:00 CAT · Online.

Our CEO and Founder, Arinze Okafor, CFA, CAIA, joins the speaker lineup at the NAM Fitness Expo and Conference, 3-4 July 2026.

Join him tomorrow as he will be unpacking, "Managing Black Tax Responsibly: Balancing Family and Financial Wellness."

Train. Inspire. Together.

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On 30 July, NIFA is bringing something new to working professionals ready to stop doing things the slow way. Watch this space.

Seven years of keeping Namibia moving.

Shindume Willem, Owner of Hida & Sons Investments, built a transport and logistics business that now spans Windhoek and the north. Airport shuttles, employee transport, car rentals and more. Started in 2019 and still expanding.

This week, Shindume took that story to Omulunga Radio as part of the Standard Bank Namibia Blue Growth Series 2026.

This is what the programme is about. Finding the operators who have been quietly keeping businesses, families, and travellers connected across this country and making sure their story gets told.

Namibia is becoming one of Africa's most closely watched energy destinations. International capital is watching. Your workforce needs to be ready.

Foreign investors and development finance institutions increasingly require ESG alignment as a condition of capital. Reporting obligations are expanding.

NIFA's Bloomberg ESG certification builds the internal capacity to think strategically about sustainability, not as risk management, but as competitive advantage.

We offer tailored cohorts for energy companies, financial institutions, and government entities.

Enrol today: www.nifacademy.com [email protected] | +264 81 417 4301

The Bloomberg Finance Lab is available at NUST HTTPS Floor 6.

Visit the link in our bio for more.

This programme is made possible through the partnership with MTC Namibia and Namibia University of Science and Technology - NUST

Namibia is not waiting for the energy transition. It is leading it.

From the Kudu gas fields to the Orange Basin, from the Kavango exploration blocks to the Namib Desert's solar potential, this country sits at the intersection of two of the 21st century's most consequential industries. Both demand professionals who understand governance, capital, and the social contract.

ESG is not a Western concept being imported. It is the framework that will shape how Namibia's resources are financed, permitted, reported on, and valued by international investors.

The Bloomberg ESG certification, prepares you to participate in that conversation,whether you work in energy, mining, banking, insurance, or public service.
This is your entry point.

Enrol today: www.nifacademy.com [email protected] | +264 81 417 4301

The Bloomberg Finance Lab is available at NUST HTTPS Floor 6.

Visit the link in our bio for more.

This programme is made possible through the partnership with MTC Namibia and Namibia University of Science and Technology - NUST

A father’s first investment is never financial; it’s time, patience, and belief, long before the world sees the return.

Today we honour the men who mean the world to us. Thank you for shaping the next generation, at home and beyond.

Happy Father’s Day. 🧡