De Beers Group – Windhoek Observer

24 Oct

Namibian diamonds to be traced

ObserverObserver MoneyDe Beers Group, tracing natural diamonds, Tracr platform

CHAMWE KAIRA De Beers Group has announced that it will provide country of origin data for all newly registered rough diamonds over 1.25 carats sourced from De Beers on the Tracr platform. Tracr is the world’s leading digital platform for tracing natural diamonds from source to scale. The company announced that starting in 2025, it will extend this to rough diamonds larger than 1 carat, which is equivalent to approximately 0.5 carats in polished form, thus aligning with the size threshold for new diamond import requirements for G7 countries. For the first time, this will enable diamond jewelry consumers at…

Stanford Seed programme, a growth catalyst for entrepreneurs

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Staff Writer The Stanford Seed Transformation initiative, is a programme which partners with entrepreneurs in emerging markets to build successful enterprises that transform lives. It has returned at a timely opportunity for Namibian entrepreneurs to expand their capacity to succeed. The programme, a collaboration between the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the De Beers Group, allows leaders to gain critical skills to grow their companies and create jobs which in turn will lead their regions to greater prosperity. With applications for the 2021/22 Southern Africa Seed Transformation Program (STP) now open, entrepreneurs with a mind-set to grow their businesses…

De Beers donates to the Ministry of Education

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Staff Writer De Beers Group has donated a consignment of hand sanitizers and facemasks to the Office of the Prime Minister, for onward distribution to the Ministry of Basic Education, Arts and Culture. The donation is part of De Beers Group’s N$15 million in-kind donation that it pledged to the Government’s Disaster Relief Fund to fight COVID19. The donation to the Ministry consists of 7,500 facemasks and 5,000 300ml containers of hand sanitizers. The facemasks were made by a community business initiative in Keetmanshoop, while the hand sanitizers were produced by UNAM. “We are delighted to play our part in…