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Community Economic Development (CED) Training Workshop
The Joint Consultative Council (JCC) is proud to offer a 3-day long course by the School of Community Economic Develop (CED) from the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU).
Dates: 21 - 23 July 2009
Venue: UNAM Northern Campus, Oshakati
Facilitator: Mr. Michel Adjibodou
Govt Fully Behind Team Namibia - by Fifi Rhodes
Windhoek - The Ministry of Trade and Industry has committed itself to support Team Namibia.
The support is intended to promote locally produced products at international and regional markets.
Congratulating Team Namibia on its 5th anniversary Dr Malan Lindeque,the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, said Government has identified areas of potential cooperation between the two partners. The Ministry sees a potential to complement each other where mutual benefits could be achieved.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry is mandated with, among others, the promotion of Namibian products,
Nedbank invests in critical SME sector
BY investing heavily in the small and medium enterprise sector, Nedbank recognises the critical role of this sector, said the bank’s manager at Keetmanshoop, Marlene Burger, at the opening of a workshop at the town on Monday.
Burger said Nedbank has earmarked N$275 000 for countrywide SME development programmes over the next two years.
The week-long SME training workshop at Keetmanshoop is funded by Nedbank, and forms part of the bank’s investment in the sector.
She said the SME sector in the country is critical in the advancement of the country’s future fortunes.
SME Bank applies for licence at BoN
PLANS to establish Namibia’s first bank to cater exclusively to the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector are well underway, Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob said.
Giving an update on the Ministry’s activities, Geingob said the Bank of Namibia (BoN) has received a licence application for the SME Bank and that the main issue remaining is to source the necessary capital. This will be done locally and internationally, he said.
The bank, once established to serve all 13 regions of Namibia, must act as a “catalyst for economic entrepreneurship in regions which were hitherto excluded from commercial sources of financing”, he said.
The Market Study on Business Development Services to Small and Medium Enterprises in Namibia
The Market Study on Business Development Services to Small and Medium Enterprises in Namibia
