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List of state-owned enterprises in Namibia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ17069709 ↗
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As of 2017 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. 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.

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