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Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
n economist. He was the CEO of the Development Bank of Namibia from September 2023 to March 2025. He holds a PhD in economics from the
University of KwaZulu-Natal The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN; , ) is a public research university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University ...
. Steytler was head of research and chief economist at the Bank of Namibia, and senior economist at the
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...
. He became the first statistician-general of Namibia when the Namibia Statistics Agency was founded in 2011. He served until 2015 and then became special advisor on economic affairs to president
Hage Geingob Hage Gottfried Geingob (3 August 1941 – 4 February 2024) was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death in February 2024. Geingob was the country's first prime minister A prime minister ...
. Steytler resigned in 2019 and took up a position at
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit The (GIZ, ) is the main development agency of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn and provides services in the field of development cooperation, international development cooperation and international education work. The organizat ...
. In September 2023 Steytler was appointed CEO of the Development Bank of Namibia, succeeding Martin Inkumbi. He resigned from the bank in March 2025.


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