insert_link Health / Medical Interview: Empowering Youth Through Mental Health and Entrepreneurship in Otavi National Mental Health Care, led by founder Cathy Kambanda, has successfully completed a year-long program aimed at combating depression and suicide among young people by empowering them to become entrepreneurs. The initiative, which ran from July 2024 to June 2025 in Otavi, was funded by B2Gold, Ohorongo Cement, and Kambanda’s personal contribution. Fifteen youth participants were selected, including young entrepreneurs looking to scale their businesses, those with business ideas but […] today30 July, 2025
insert_link Namibia Interview: Blue Growth Series Attracts Over 340 Entrepreneurs, Spotlight on Informal Sector Standard Bank’s latest entrepreneurship initiative — the Blue Growth Series — has received over 340 applications within two weeks, with close to half coming from the local informal economy. This was revealed by Arinze Okafor, the founder of the Namibia Investment and Finance Academy (NIFA), during an interview on Fresh FM earlier today. “The response has been overwhelming,” Okafor said, noting that approximately 170 applicants are informal traders such as […] today28 July, 2025
