The macroeconomic outlook for Namibia is mixed, inflation has climbed a little recently and there are some challenges in sectors of the economy, for instance diamond mining. How do you judge the balance of risks to the Namibian economy?

This is definitely an uncertain world we live in, given what is happening on the geopolitical front. But, in the short term, the Namibian economy is faced with risk from the foot-and-mouth disease that has so far been observed in some neighbouring countries