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Original Post Date: 2010-06-11 Time: 22:00:03 Posted By: News Poster
Windhoek – The objective of this exercise was to contribute to the dialogue between business leaders and government on key economic issues. The intention was definitely not to stigmatise or demonise particular individuals or organisations.
In the last four months of 2009, Old Mutual Namibia and the Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) conducted an Executive Opinion Survey, the aim of which was to solicit the views of Namibia’s top business leaders on a range of issues affecting the Namibian economy.
The objective of this exercise was to contribute to the dialogue between business leaders and government on key economic issues. The intention was definitely not to stigmatise or demonise particular individuals or organisations.
As promised by Old Mutual and the NSX, the identities of the respondents have been kept anonymous and confidential to encourage honest responses without fear of reprisal of any sort. The survey questionnaire was sent to executives from the country’s largest 250 businesses and business organisations and 60 responses were received from a wide range of companies. These responses were aggregated, analysed and put together in the form of a short publication which was launched in public on 3 June at Mutual Tower.
The survey contained many interesting results and views. Seven main findings were evident:
Namibian businesses and the Namibian economy appear to have weathered the international economic storm reasonably well. Although individual businesses were hard hit, many performed well and some continued to flourish. Most believe their prospects in 2010 will improve.
Business leaders believe Namibia’s business climate is generally positive but the government’s handling of economic policy leaves a lot of room for improvement.
The performance of key public agencies on which many businesses rely for the delivery of key services is generally perceived to be poor.
The performance of many State-Owned Enterprises is also perceived to be poor but a handful of SOEs are clearly positively perceived.
Most respondents believe Namibia needs a clear policy on Black Economic Empowerment – one which benefits broad groups of people rather than a few individuals. These groups should include employees, community groups and Namibians with a track record in business.
The NSX is generally perceived to have been a success but there is no single reason for the lack of local listings. Many companies are already listed elsewhere through a parent company while other companies do not require capital, are reluctant to dilute existing shareholders and believe the reporting requirements for listing companies to be too onerous.
Business leaders very clearly believe corruption to be a serious and growing problem which the Anti-Corruption Commission has failed to adequately address.
The survey also incorporates a variety of comments made by business leaders on a wide variety of issues. Organisers believe the results of the survey and the accompanying comments have the potential to help identify the problems and bottlenecks in our business environment holding back growth and job creation.
They hope the survey will be accepted as a positive contribution to the national debate on how to improve our economic performance.
Copies of the Survey can be obtained from the Namibia Stock Exchange or Old Mutual Namibia.
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Original date published: 11 June 2010
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