Programme updates

Launches, milestones, and supervisor announcements for the NamPost module.

Programme updates

Launches, milestones, and supervisor announcements for the NamPost module.

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Hackathon-as-a-Service: supervised fintech challenges on synthetic NamPost rails

NamPost runs—and hosts for others—time-boxed innovation events with isolated sandboxes, conformance judging, and regulator-visible telemetry. Open to corporates and STI partners across Namibia; postal-financial rails included when the challenge needs them.

June 18, 2026

From Sandbox-Ready certificate to SME financing: the evidence bridge

How the Sandbox-Ready certificate and progress reports support DBN-administered instruments under Namibia's SME Financing Strategy—as de-risking evidence for credit and investor diligence, not a funding decision.

June 11, 2026

Referred by Scale Up Namibia: proving your fintech on NamPost rails

How upstream-referred fintechs turn an incubation idea into supervisor-visible evidence on NamPost rails—and why the Sandbox-Ready certificate is an investor-readiness signal, not a licence or funding guarantee.

June 11, 2026

SADC payment rails and PostPay: why regional sequencing matters for NamPost

Eswatini's switch-and-sandbox sequencing parallels Namibia's IPS, NAMQR, and PostPay corridor work—test in synthetic tier first.

May 10, 2026

AI in postal-financial supervision: regional signals for Namibia

South Africa's 2025 supervisor survey on AI offers quantified context for NamPost sandbox teams testing AI-assisted scoring, monitoring, and intake—not autopilot approval.

May 9, 2026

Cross-border PostPay corridors and supervised sandbox testing

Why G20-style payments cooperation matters for NamPost PostPay pilots—and how synthetic corridors de-risk SADC expansion.

May 8, 2026

Why an AI co-pilot belongs in the NamPost Innovation Sandbox

Structured assistance for NPIF intake and monitoring questions—bounded permissions, human approval, full audit trail.

May 5, 2026

Open banking overlay on NamPost rails: lessons from year one

Consent, PAR/PKCE, and AIS on external ASPSP mocks—while SmartCard and grants stay on NamPost core APIs, never conflated.

April 30, 2026

How the NamPost Innovation Sandbox accelerates financial inclusion

NPIF-led testing on SmartCard, grants, and agency rails helps fintechs and NamPost ICT teams expand access—with synthetic data and BoN/NAMFISA supervision.

April 30, 2026

PSD-12, SmartPay, and step-up 2FA on every payment initiation

Namibia's PSD-12 pattern requires step-up authentication before each payment—not login-only MFA. How the NamPost sandbox enforces that in APIs and UX.

April 30, 2026

From sandbox to scale: three NamPost module graduates

Three representative journeys on postal-financial rails—agency pay, NAMQR, and PostFin sim—show what graduation looks like under NPIF.

April 30, 2026

Synthetic SmartCards and grant cohorts: testing without harming beneficiaries

How NamPost sandbox seeds statistically shaped SmartCards, grant sequences, and agency tariffs—zero production PII in default namespaces.

April 30, 2026