An analysis of the effects of COVID-19 on the banking sector in Windhoek, Namibia
| dc.contributor.author | Kazadi, Blaise Kayembe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-13T07:55:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-02-13T07:55:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master in business administration- Finance | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected the global economy, causing major disruptions as different countries entered lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus. These disruptions led to various macroeconomic effects, which in turn directly impacted banking institutions around the globe. The purpose of this research was to analyse the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the banking sector in Windhoek, Namibia. To achieve the objectives of this study, a qualitative research approach was utilised whereby, an exploratory research design was adopted. The researcher used interviews and documents review as instruments to gather data and employed conceptual and relational content analysis to analyse the data and used ATLAS.ti 22 to aid the data analysis process. The results have shown that the pandemic came with a combination of negative and positive effects in general. The negative effects have represented challenges faced by the banking sector, whereas the positive effects represent opportunities that open to the banking sector further confirming the claims from different authors who conducted studies in the USA or European countries for instance. The study has been however contradictory with claims from other authors, in terms of cyber-security, as it was not found as a challenge in Namibia. The researcher as recommended that commercial banks, maintain different measures adopted during the pandemic such as the combination of working from the office and working from home, invest more in digital platforms, and further improve their digital platforms where they were certainly limited and make it even more efficient. For policy makers, mainly the Bank of Namibia, the researcher did not have a particular recommendation to give has the bank was very effective in taking significant measures and did everything on time to avoid difficulties. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11070/3785 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Namibia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Banking sector | en_US |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 pandemic | en_US |
| dc.subject | Finance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Namibia | en_US |
| dc.title | An analysis of the effects of COVID-19 on the banking sector in Windhoek, Namibia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |