Striving for excellence at P.A.Y
A retired primary school teacher, Ursula Matzopoulos (UM) is now renowned for her remarkable rapport with children, after she took up the position of Physically Active Youth (P.A.Y) Programme...
View ArticleLoit driving herself to the top
FOUNDED in 2015 by 25 year-old Johanna Loit (JL), Epupa Driving School now offers driving lessons for both automatic and manual transmission cars, as well as learner’s license classes. As a teacher...
View ArticleCreating Namibia’s trendy kiddy products
AFTER the birth of her son in 2010, Beatha Shitemba (BS) realised that there was a gap in the local market for quality and trendy kiddy products. Seven years down the line, the mother of one...
View ArticleKambala, a mother to the motherless
TOUCHED by the plight of children orphaned by various diseases as well as others living under difficult circumstances from Mbambi village in the Kavango West region, renowned Chief Public Relations...
View ArticleJacob, making waves in local politics
GROWING up, Rachel Jacob (RJ) was distraught by the suffering of people owing to injustices by the colonial regime to a point that she vowed to join politics to make a difference. Today, she is the...
View ArticleMwazi, boosting decision-making through data
AS a little girl growing up in the Omusati Region, Ottillie Mwazi (OM) never thought she would one day produce statistics to enhance national and regional development. Today, she is doing research on...
View ArticleTwo projects helping female Artists in Africa find their voices
By Todd Pitock IN many African countries, where career paths for women can still be limited to practical fields like nursing and teaching, the decision to attempt a career in art is seen as...
View ArticleCreating a niche in accommodation
…Offering tourists a kaleidoscope of cultures unique to Swakopmund WHEN a tourist from abroad suggested Dina Namubes opens a bed and breakfast in Swakopmund’s Mondesa neighbourhood, the seed for...
View ArticleMerck Foundation’s efforts to empower African women and youth
By Dr. Rasha Kelej IT is hard to imagine that in the 21st-century women are still being abused and subject to violence, for their inability to bear children. This is unacceptable and must be changed,...
View ArticleCaring for children, side by side
WHEN Huipi van Wyk (HVW) was asked to take over as director of the Side by Side – Early Intervention Centre that caters for children with multiple disabilities, she didn’t think twice because it’s a...
View ArticleNikhita Winkler: Namibia’s dance queen
NIKHITA Winkler (NW) also known as the Namibian Dancing Queen is a woman of many talents. She went to primary school at Holy Cross Convent, completed her high school at Windhoek High. She...
View ArticleCreating a niche with Paper Flowers
NDUUVITEKO Anna Mushimba (NM), aged 28, took a leap into entrepreneurship making beautiful and elaborate paper flowers through her company, By Invite CC. The affable businesswoman has a warehouse...
View ArticleChampioning aquaponics fish farming
SARA Davis (SD) established Synergy Farms Inc., with the aim to improve food security and help reduce poverty through profitable aquaponics fish farming. Aquaponics is a combination of...
View ArticleMeet Lucy K, the Wedding entrepreneur
By Maria Kandjungu MANY of us know her by the name of Lucy K, a radio personality from NBC national radio who also graced our television screens as a sports presenter during the 2014 World Cup....
View ArticleKlaudia stays true to her teaching dream
WHEN Klaudia Ndahangwapo (KN) completed her Bachelor of Education at the University of Namibia (UNAM) in 2008, she could not secure fulltime employment as a teacher; a profession she dreamt of as...
View ArticleDr Elina Amadhila
… Becoming the doyen of academic research AFTER completing her first degree at the University of Namibia (Unam), Dr Elina Amadhila (EA) discovered her love for research. Today, she is the proud...
View ArticleUjama dreams big of coaching fellow women
…..GWGB aims beyond NAM borders AS the founder and managing director of Good Women Good Business (GWGB), Ujama Mushimba wanted to be the support for upcoming women entrepreneurs that she didn’t...
View ArticleWomen Pioneering Blockchain Technology in Africa
IT is an undeniable fact that technological advancements are helping to solve some of the world’s most pertinent problems. In Africa, e-learning, remote working, mobile money transfers as well as...
View ArticleTaryn Uys emulates father in beauty business
……vows to take Hair City to great heights HAIR City has become a household name in the hair and beauty industry owing to the company’s record of supplying hair, health and beauty equipment amongst...
View ArticleLorraine Kondombolo advocating for mental health and youth empowerment
AFTER losing her father, elder sister and cousin within a period of eight years, Lorraine Kondombolo (LK) was understandably shifted off balance both emotionally and psychologically as she came to...
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