there were a total of 97 state-owned enterprises, also called public enterprises, in Namibia.

18 of the public enterprises are profit-driven and fall under the Ministry of Public Enterprises established in March 2015. Leon Jooste heads this ministry."Geingob announces Cabinet" , The Namibian, 20 March 2015. The other state-owned commercial entities are mainly active in education, media, and transport. They execute state functions and fall under their respective line ministries. Some of the state-owned enterprises in Namibia are:

Company name Budget contribution 2013/2014-2015/2016 Description Classification Agribank -284 Mio Financing of agricultural projects and farm acquisitions Financial August 26 Group Defence Commercial Bank of Namibia 262 Mio Financial Development Bank of Namibia -350 Mio Development of SMEs Financial Diamond Board of Namibia Regulatory Electricity Control Board Regulatory Epangelo Mining -33 Mio Film Commission of Namibia Regulatory Financial Interagency Centre -45 Mio National Fishing Corporation of Namibia Fishing quotas Commercial Fisheries Observer Agency -23 Mio Regulatory Karakul Board of South West Africa Regulatory Land Acquisition and Development Fund -245 Mio Implementing land reform Meat Board of Namibia Regulatory Minerals Development Fund of Namibia Financial NamDeb 1,514 Mio Diamond mining Namibia Airports Company -283 Mio Maintenance of Namibian airports Commercial Namibian Broadcasting Corporation -1,055 Mio State broadcaster Media Namibia Diamond Trading Company 294 Mio Diamond trading Namibia Development Corporation -49 Mio Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NamFISA) Regulatory Namibian Agronomic Board Regulatory Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation 3 Mio Reinsurance Financial Namibian College of Open Learning (NamCOL) -258 Mio Secondary education Namibian Communications Commission Regulatory Namibian Competition Commission Regulatory Namibian Institute for Public Administration and Management (NIPAM) -162 Mio Tertiary education for Government Namibian Maritime and Fisheries Institute -23 Mio Tertiary education Educational Namibian Ports Authority -205 Mio Management of Namibian ports Commercial Namibian Standards Institution -124 Mio Develop and maintain standards for Namibia Namibia Post & Telecommunications Ltd 50 Mio Commercial Namibia Power Corporation Power supply Commercial Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA) -60 Mio Media Namibia Qualifications Authority -75 Mio Registering Namibian educational qualifications and evaluating foreign degrees Namibia Statistics Agency -158 Mio Collect, analyse, and disseminate statistics for the formulation of public policy Namibia Students' Financial Assistance Fund -2,013 Mio Student loans Namibia Tourism Board -90 Mio Development of the tourism sector Regulatory Namibia Training Authority -899 Mio Vocational education Namibia Water Corporation Water supply and sanitation Commercial Namibia Wildlife Resorts -52 Mio Operation of the major tourist resorts in Namibia Commercial Namibia University of Science and Technology -996 Mio Tertiary education NamZim -24 Mio Runs the SWAPO and ZANU-PF-friendly weekly Southern Times Media National Emergency and Disaster Management Fund -82 Mio Managing floods, droughts, and food assistance programmes National Housing Enterprise -320 Mio Provisioning of housing for low and middle-income families Financial National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia Regulatory National Special Risks Association Financial National Youth Council -56 Mio National Youth Service -232 Mio Employment and training projects for the Namibian youth New Era -57 Mio State-owned newspaper Media Offshore Development Company Management of the Walvis Bay Export Processing Zone Commercial Regional Equity and Development Fund -90 Mio Road Funds Administration Regulatory Roads Authority -6 Mio Maintenance of Namibian roads Regulatory Security Enterprises and Security Officers Regulation Board Regulatory SME Bank of Namibia -161 Mio Financing Namibian SMEs Social Security Commission -51 Mio Welfare TransNamib Holdings -90 Mio Operation of Namibian railways Commercial University of Namibia -2,647 Mio Tertiary education Educational Veterans Subversion Fund -1,382 Mio Uplifting veterans of the South African Border War Windhoek Country Club and Casino Hospitality Commercial Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik Defence contractor, subsidiary of August 26 Group Commercial Youth Credit Scheme -62 Mio

Former state-owned enterprises

The following companies were state-owned, and have been dissolved:

Company name Last budget contribution (year) Description Classification Dissolved in Air Namibia -1,766 Mio (2013/2014-2015/2016) National airline Commercial 2021 Roads Contractor Company Road maintenance Commercial Not finalised Namibia Bricks Enterprises Brick manufacturing Commercial 2000s Star Protection Services Security Commercial 2000s

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