Botswana, Namibia outline efforts towards green bonds, sustainable stock exchanges

After South Africa, Namibia, through its Namibian Stock Exchange, is the second African country to issue a green bond after signing up to the United Nations’ (UN’s) sustainable stock exchanges initiative, said Namibian Stock Exchange CEO Tiaan Bazuin. Speaking during the Southern Africa Green Bonds Intensive webinar on September 23, he said the country’s first green bond was issued by Bank Windhoek four or five years ago, adding that it achieved “great success” with an oversubscription.

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