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

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. 18 of the public enterprises are profit-driven and fall under the Ministry of Public Enterprises established in March 2015.

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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. Some of the state-owned enterprises in Namibia are:

Former state-owned enterprises

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

References

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Companies A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...

State-owned enterprises A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governme ...

State-owned State ownership, also called government ownership and public ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, or enterprise by the state or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party. Public owne ...