The ||Kharas Swapo Party Women's Council hosted a one-day leadership and business skills training event – empowering women entrepreneurs in the ||Kharas Region.

The Walvis Bay Rural Constituency Councillor has advised small business owners to focus more on creative businesses to secure funding.

Florian Donatus was speaking at the handover of machinery and equipment to 20 SMEs valued at N$150,000.

The Zambezi Vocational Training Centre (ZVTC) has called for additional support mechanisms to ensure that technical and vocational education and training (TVET) graduates successfully venture into entrepreneurship.

The centre highlighted this during its annual entrepreneurship and innovation day.

21 youth in business from the |Khomas Region's Windhoek West Constituency received income-generating equipment worth N$277,000.

The equipment aims to enhance their business and make income generation easier for them.

The Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy has introduced various initiatives aimed at supporting micro-, small-, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and enhancing economic participation across Namibia.

In 2024, the country's telecommunications licensees collected about N$1.6 million in revenue, contributing 2.5% to the GDP. 

Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah delivered a ministerial statement in the National Assembly on the implementation of the National Youth Entrepreneurship Fund, which is capitalised at N$500 million. 

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has encouraged exhibitors and entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair to grow their businesses and expand their market reach.

In an effort to have more young people participate in the National Youth Development Fund, the Otjozondjupa Region trained youth on how to write business plans while answering questions they might have regarding the application process.

The training took place in Otjiwarongo.

The Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dino Ballotti, has urged entrepreneurs to legitimise their businesses.

Ballotti said this during the Heritage and Cultural Entrepreneurship workshop hosted by the ministry at Swakopmund.