Dmitri Mihhailov
Managing Partner
Founder of Prifinance. 15+ years structuring international companies, banking and licensing for founders worldwide.
Register a company in Namibia, the coastal cousin.
Set up a Namibian company - the Orange Basin's headline oil discoveries queuing for development, world-tier uranium the reactor renaissance wants, a dollar pegged one-to-one to the rand, and Walvis Bay's corridor into the SADC interior. Timing and scale, upfront: corporate tax runs 31% and descending, the home market is three million people, and the oil era is a pipeline of decisions, not yet a flow of barrels.A Namibian (Pty) Ltd: the Orange Basin's landmark discoveries queuing for development, world-tier uranium, a 1:1 rand peg, Walvis Bay's corridors. The timing: 31% and descending, a 3M home market, and oil as a pipeline of decisions - not yet barrels.
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Namibia · at a glance
Legal form(Pty) Ltd
Time to set up2-4 weeks
Corporate tax31% - descending
CurrencyNAD - 1:1 rand peg
Orange Basin oilDiscoveries → development
Remote setupYes - by POA
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Namibia in brief
A quiet, well-run desert state suddenly holding tomorrow's resources.
Namibia was long the region's understated performer: institutionally stable since independence, German-Roman-Dutch legal order, a currency pegged one-to-one to the South African rand, uranium mines among the world's largest feeding the nuclear renaissance, diamonds offshore, and Walvis Bay - the best natural harbour on the coast - anchoring corridors into Botswana, Zambia and the DRC. Then the Orange Basin happened: successive offshore discoveries by global majors rank among the decade's largest oil finds anywhere, final investment decisions are the market's obsession, and green-hydrogen concessions in the southern desert add a second future-facing bet. The service economy that precedes production - logistics, marine, catering, engineering - is forming now, and early entrants are writing its contracts. A (Pty) Ltd registers through BIPA in weeks, wholly foreign-owned.
The terms: corporate tax is 31% on its way down the announced path (30% and then lower), VAT is 15%, and the home market is three million people - Namibia is a resources-and-corridors platform, not a consumer story. The rand peg imports South African monetary weather, mostly benignly; SACU membership shares the customs pool; and exchange control follows the common monetary area's familiar rules - documented investment repatriates properly. Skills are thin, distances are enormous, and the oil era remains a pipeline of FIDs rather than flowing barrels - a timing truth we put in front of every services entrant. For uranium, oil-services positioning, corridor logistics and hydrogen patience, Namibia is the region's cleanest frontier. We enter it cleanly.
The understated performer suddenly holding tomorrow's resources: institutional calm since independence, top-tier uranium, offshore diamonds, the coast's best harbour - and the decade's biggest oil finds moving toward FID, with hydrogen concessions behind them. BIPA registers in weeks.
The terms: 31% descending, VAT 15%, a 3M market that makes this a platform, not a consumer story; the rand peg imports SA's monetary weather benignly; CMA paperwork moves documented capital freely; skills thin, distances vast. Timing is the strategy - position before the decisions land.
Packages & pricing
Namibian company - cost & packages.
01 - (PTY) LTD · NAMIBIA
Company
from$2,900USD · all-in
Registration of a Namibian (Pty) Ltd - BIPA incorporation, tax registrations and the first year of the registered address included.
✓Sector strategy - services, mining, corridor - first✓BIPA incorporation✓Tax & VAT registrations✓Registered address in Windhoek - first year✓Local-content positioning for project work✓Free pre-incorporation consultation
Optional add-ons: sector licences (mining/fishing/petroleum services) - scoped per case · work permits - from $1,200 · accounting - from $250/month · renewal - from $1,800/year.Add-ons: sector licences per case · permits from $1,200 · accounting from $250/month · renewal from $1,800/year.
Start with Company →02 - (PTY) LTD · NAMIBIA
Most popularCompany + Bank Account
from$4,900USD · all-in
A working Namibian company with a local bank account - Namibia dollars and rand interchangeably, hard currency alongside, under the common monetary area's rules.
✓Everything in Company✓Account with FNB, Standard Bank or Bank Windhoek✓NAD/ZAR interchangeable · USD, EUR alongside✓CMA exchange-control documentation configured✓Compliance onboarding support✓Dedicated account manager
Start with Banking →Starting prices, confirmed before we file. BIPA and licence fees are itemised.Entry figures, confirmed up front. BIPA and licence fees itemised in your quote.
What you can do
Popular uses for a Namibian company.
The pits pay today, the corridors move today, and the basin and the hydrogen map pay those who position before the decisions land.Pits pay today, corridors move today, the basin pays the positioned.
Oil & gas serviceslicensed
Positioning for the Orange Basin's development phase. Marine, logistics, supply.
Uranium & mining serviceslicensed
The world-tier mines and the service economy around them.
Corridor logistics
Walvis Bay into Botswana, Zambia and the DRC copper belt.
Green hydrogenlicensed
The southern concessions. Early partners and services position now.
Fishing & processinglicensed
Licensed quotas in the Benguela's rich, regulated grounds.
Tourism & lodgeslicensed
High-value desert tourism. Licensed, land-leased and patient.
Oil & gas serviceslicensed
Basin positioning.
Uranium serviceslicensed
The world-tier mines.
Corridor logistics
Walvis Bay inland.
Green hydrogenlicensed
The southern map.
Fishinglicensed
Licensed Benguela.
Tourism & lodgeslicensed
High-value desert.
Why Namibia
Key advantages of the jurisdiction.
✓
The Orange Basin
Among the decade's largest oil finds. The development era approaches.The decade's finds.
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Uranium tier
Top-three global production as reactors return to fashion.Top-three output.
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The rand peg
One-to-one with the rand. Regional pricing without surprises.One-to-one calm.
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Walvis Bay
The coast's best harbour, corridors into the interior's metals.The interior's port.
✓
Institutional calm
Courts, contracts and administration that behave predictably.Predictable machinery.
✓
Hydrogen runway
Desert sun, ocean wind and concessions already signed.Concessions signed.
How it compares
Namibia next to the regional options.
South Africa runs the industrial anchor with its baggage; Botswana the governance benchmark; Angola the producing petrostate; Zambia the copper play. Namibia sells clean institutions plus tomorrow's resources. Figures current as of 2026.South Africa: the anchor. Botswana: the benchmark. Angola: producing. Zambia: copper. Namibia: clean institutions + tomorrow's resources. As of 2026.
| Country | Corporate tax | Signature resource | Signature edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 31% - descending | Oil (coming) · uranium | The coastal cousin |
| South Africa | 27% | The industrial base | The anchor |
| Botswana | 22% · SEZ 5% | Diamonds | The governance benchmark |
| Angola | 25% | Oil (producing) | The reforming petrostate |
| Zambia | 30% | Copper | The copper play |
NamibiaCousin
Corporate tax31% ↓
ResourceOil coming · U
South AfricaAnchor
Corporate tax27%
ResourceIndustry
BotswanaBenchmark
Corporate tax22% / 5%
ResourceDiamonds
AngolaProducing
Corporate tax25%
ResourceOil now
ZambiaCopper
Corporate tax30%
ResourceCopper
Requirements
What Namibian law actually demands.
01
One shareholder - Individual or company, any nationality. 100% foreign (Pty) Ltds are standard.
02
One director - Any nationality; local presence smooths banking and tenders.
03
No minimum capital - Sized to the business; licensed sectors set their own bars.
04
Registered address - A Windhoek business address - included in every package.
05
Sector licensing - Mining, fishing and petroleum services carry real licence tracks.
06
Books & filings - NamRA tax cycles and annual returns. Carried by our accountants.
How it works
From application to a live company in weeks.
BIPA is orderly; the strategy is sector positioning - especially for those arriving ahead of the basin's development wave.Sector timing first, BIPA in 1-2 weeks, NamRA files, CMA banking in 1-3, licences in 3-12 - six weeks to positioned and working.
01Same day
Free consultation
Sector, licence path and timing strategy - settled first.
023-7 days
KYC & name
Documents collected; name reserved at BIPA.
031-2 weeks
Incorporation
The (Pty) Ltd registers; certificates issue.
043-7 days
Tax registrations
NamRA income tax and VAT files opened.
051-3 weeks
Bank account
NAD/ZAR and hard-currency accounts under CMA rules.
063-12 weeks
Licences & permits
Sector licences and work permits where the plan needs them.
Quick facts
Legal form(Pty) Ltd
Shareholders1+ - any nationality
Corporate tax31% - descending
VAT15%
Dividends (non-res.)10-20% by treaty
Standard timeline2-4 weeks
Renewal & accountingFrom $1,800/year
Timing is the Namibian strategy: service companies registered, licensed and locally staffed before the basin's development decisions land will win contracts the late arrivals only read about.
On the ground
On the ground in Namibia.
Prifinance - Namibia
Windhoek
Windhoek, Namibia
01
Southern Africa specialists
Your setup is run with Windhoek counsel who file BIPA and licence work routinely.
02
Basin-era positioning
Local presence, licences and content files built before the FIDs, not after.
03
CMA banking configured
The common monetary area's rules handled so money moves properly.
04
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Taxation 2026
Thirty-one and descending - with mining and oil on their own schedules.
Corporate tax is 31% on the announced downward path, VAT 15%, dividends to non-residents 10-20% depending on treaty and holding. Mining pays sector rates (diamonds highest), and petroleum operates under its own act - development-era terms are the conventions being written now. Payroll carries modest social contributions; the rand peg keeps pricing regionally legible.31% descending, VAT 15%, dividends 10-20% by treaty; mining on schedules, petroleum per the act - and documented capital moves freely under CMA rules.
Corporate - 31%
Descending by announced steps. The direction is policy.The announced path.
Mining schedules
Sector rates by mineral; diamonds at the top of the table.By mineral.
VAT - 15%
The regional standard rate; monthly discipline.Regional standard.
Dividends - 10-20%
Treaty and holding-dependent; planned per structure.Treaty-planned.
Levies in 2026
Corporate income tax31% ↓
VAT15%
Dividends (non-res.)10-20%
MiningSector schedules
PetroleumPer the act
Renewal & accountingFrom $1,800/year
Owners remain responsible for tax where they live - and CMA exchange-control paperwork, familiar to anyone who knows South Africa, makes documented capital the freely moving kind.
Your team
The specialists who'll handle your case.
Eugeniu Bevziuc
International Business Consultant
Guides clients from the first consultation to a working setup - companies, accounts and substance in 60+ jurisdictions.
Alex Danila
Corporate Services Specialist
Handles incorporation paperwork, KYC and bank introductions so your Namibian company launches without delays.
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Talk to a specialist →FAQ
Namibia, before the barrels.
Can I open a Namibian company without visiting?+
Yes - BIPA incorporation, tax registrations and much of the banking preparation run by power of attorney. Banks like meeting a director once, and tender-facing businesses benefit from visible presence. We sequence one Windhoek trip where it earns most.
How much does it cost?+
Turnkey registration starts from $2,900; with banking from $4,900. Sector licences are scoped per case. Renewals with accounting run from $1,800 a year.
How real is the oil story?+
The discoveries are real and enormous - successive Orange Basin finds by global majors rank among the decade's largest anywhere. The timing: final investment decisions and development phases are the current chapter, first oil follows years behind them, and today's market is positioning - licences, local presence, content files, early service contracts. We say this plainly because the businesses that win development-era work are the ones registered before it starts.
What taxes will the company pay?+
Corporate tax at 31% on its announced way down, VAT 15%, dividends 10-20% by treaty, modest payroll contributions. Mining runs sector schedules; petroleum runs its own act with development terms being written now. Ordinary services and trading plan on the standard numbers.
How does the rand peg work for business?+
Seamlessly: the Namibia dollar exchanges one-to-one with the rand, rand circulates legally, and pricing, borrowing and treasury all behave like a rand-zone economy - which imports South African monetary policy, mostly benignly. The common monetary area's exchange-control rules apply: documented foreign investment repatriates properly, and our banking setup configures the paperwork from day one.
What is the uranium position?+
Top-tier: Namibian mines rank among the world's largest producers, expansions track the reactor renaissance, and the service economy around them - drilling, logistics, camp services, water - buys continuously. For suppliers to nuclear-fuel supply chains, Namibia is one of the few addresses that matters.
Why does Walvis Bay matter?+
It is the coast's best natural harbour, expanded with modern container capacity, and the head of corridors running to Botswana, Zambia and the DRC's copper belt - the western alternative to congested southern routes. Logistics operators position here for the interior's metals as much as for Namibia itself. The port works; the corridors are the growth story.
Is the green-hydrogen bet serious?+
Seriously early: the southern desert's sun and wind drew gigawatt-scale concession frameworks with European backing, pilot phases are funded, and the frame matches Mauritania's - final decisions ahead, timelines long, the play today is positioning and early services. Namibia's institutional calm makes its version of the bet the region's most bankable.
What about the small market and skills?+
Named plainly: three million people make domestic consumer plays niche, distances are vast, and skilled labour is thin with training and expatriate permits part of real plans. Namibia rewards businesses selling to projects, corridors and the world - not to the corner shop. We model staffing from the first conversation.
How long does it take?+
The company: two to four weeks through BIPA. Banking: one to three more. Sector licences: three to twelve weeks by track. A working, banked, positioned Namibian company inside six weeks - ahead of the wave it came for - is the working default.
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