Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development

09 Jun

Green economy to fund 4IR

ObserverNational NewsGreen Energy, Namibia Fourth Industrial Revolution Conference, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development

Tujoromajo Kasuto President Hage Geingob says that the Green Energy industry will serve as catalyst for Namibia’s rapid adoption of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies, while positively contributing to the global fight against climate change. The President says ‘’that the 4IR technologies contribute to this green economy as an enabler for production and advanced manufacturing systems, communication networks, education, healthcare, government and community services’’. He said this at the opening of the Namibia Fourth Industrial Revolution Conference in the capital today. The conference aims to validate the work of the Namibia 4th Industrial Revolution Task Force and is convened…

Small businesses yellow pages in the works

ObserverNational NewsNIPDB, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development, Small businesses yellow pages in the works

Tujoromajo Kasuto The Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board, NIPDB Manager for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development, Innovation and Acceleration Dino Ballotti said they are building an online portal for SMEs that will provide information about these businesses at the click of a button. He says this will be sector, region, town, youth specific and is still in the works, and will assist in exposing people of various small businesses that are operating within a certain geographical location and the services they offer. Meanwhile, Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) is also facilitating a similar initiative called the…