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Operating at the intersection of Government, the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Finance

Established in 2025, R&J Steytler is a Namibia-based advisory and project development firm working across African markets. We help governments, businesses, investors and institutions assess opportunities, structure projects, secure institutional alignment, prepare for financing and move approved initiatives towards implementation.

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Established 2025Headquartered in Windhoek100% Namibian ownedWorking across African markets

The record of R&J and its leadership

Selected leadership and firm milestones

Achievements earned in previous roles are credited to the individual and the institution where the work occurred.

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First independent MPC member

R&J co-founder Dr John Steytler was appointed the first independent member of the Bank of Namibia Monetary Policy Committee in 2026, for a three-year term.

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Namibia’s founding Statistician-General

Dr Steytler served as the founding Statistician-General and chief executive of the Namibia Statistics Agency.

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National policy experience

R&J leadership has contributed to monetary policy, national statistics, development finance, industrial policy and presidential economic advice in Namibia.

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East African policy leadership

Prof Rachel Gesami’s experience includes the IMF, Kenya’s Office of the Prime Minister, Vision 2030, senior university leadership and the Moran of the Burning Spear national honour.

Programme results

15,000+ entrepreneurs reached

Peik Bruhns led an entrepreneurship programme delivered through 26 implementing agencies, reaching more than 15,000 participants and supporting 5,000 business registrations.

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UK–Africa investment partnership

In 2026, R&J formed a partnership with UK-based The Strategic Economy to connect African projects and businesses with international investors, institutions and policymakers.

Why R&J exists

Projects stall between approval and implementation

Government institutions, businesses, investors, lenders and technical partners often assess the same project separately. This creates unclear responsibilities, repeated work and delays. R&J coordinates these requirements — clarifying the decisions needed, assessing the commercial and institutional context, identifying responsible parties, preparing funding approaches and organising the next steps to move a project forward.

Government and institutional coordination

Institutional mapping, approval pathways, policy analysis and structured engagement between public and private participants.

Private-sector and investment advisory

Market assessment, commercial analysis, market entry, business expansion and investment readiness.

Project development and finance

Project concepts, financial models, funding strategies, investor materials, risk registers and development roadmaps.

Implementation support

Action plans, assigned responsibilities, project trackers, decision logs, milestones and executive reporting.

Namibia in context

The country we know best

Six figures that shape how capital, policy and infrastructure decisions get made here.

3.02m

People across 825,000 km²

A population density of 3.7 people per square kilometre — among the lowest on earth — with almost half the population now living in urban areas. Distance is the first constraint on any infrastructure plan.

Namibia Statistics Agency, 2023 Census

12%

Of world mined uranium

Namibia produced 12 per cent of global mined uranium in 2024, behind only Kazakhstan and Canada. Husab and Rössing rank among the largest uranium operations anywhere.

World Nuclear Association

20bn boe

Discovered offshore

The IMF estimates discovered offshore resources at more than 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Commercial production has not yet begun — which makes the sequencing decisions being taken now consequential.

International Monetary Fund

1:1

Pegged to the rand

The Namibia Dollar is fixed one-to-one with the South African Rand and both are legal tender. Monetary policy therefore has limited independence from South African rate and currency conditions.

Bank of Namibia

37%

Under the age of 15

Around 37 per cent of residents were below 15 at the 2023 census. That is a future labour force and, simultaneously, an urgent demand for education, skills and employment creation.

Namibia Statistics Agency, 2023 Census

30%

Corporate tax rate

Non-mining companies are taxed at 30 per cent, with a reduction to 28 per cent proposed but not yet enacted. VAT is 15 per cent, and diamond mining carries an effective rate of 55 per cent.

NamRA · PwC Namibia tax card

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What we help clients do

Six client decisions

R&J supports assignments where commercial analysis, government processes, financing and implementation planning must be coordinated.

01
Assess a market or investment opportunity
An objective read on market size, demand, competition and viability before you commit.
02
Prepare a project for government, lenders or investors
Structuring, financial modelling and investor-facing materials that stand up to scrutiny.
03
Navigate policy, regulation and institutional approvals
The approval pathway, responsible parties and structured engagement mapped out.
04
Develop a financing and investor engagement strategy
A funding approach, tested options and materials ready for lenders, DFIs and investors.
05
Convert an approved strategy into an implementation plan
Actions, responsibilities, milestones and reporting that turn a decision into delivery.
06
Support boards and executives with economic and policy analysis
Independent analysis of the macroeconomic, policy and institutional context to inform a decision.

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Where we work

Our reach across Africa

Select a country to see our presence and the indicators we track there.

R&J Steytler is headquartered in Windhoek, Namibia, with regional operations in Nairobi (East Africa) and Lagos (West Africa), and actively tracks markets across South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Botswana, Zambia and Angola.

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