There are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States, made this observation in 1789 when he wrote that nothing in this world could be more certain than death…

Affordable workspace is not a luxury for small businesses; it is one of the basic conditions for enterprise growth. When rents are beyond reach, entrepreneurs stay trapped in backyards, informal stalls and survivalist activity instead of moving into spaces where…

With our youngest son and his family due to visit soon, I’ve been thinking about one of life’s great certainties: change. It arrives – whether we invite it or not – and we resist it before learning to live with…

Namibia likes to describe itself as a young country, and demographically that is true. But businesses that focus only on the youth market may be missing one of the most promising shifts taking place before our eyes: the rise in…

The government once spoke loudly about creating thousands of jobs. That language has changed. Today, the talk is about enterprise development, entrepreneurship support and helping Namibians create opportunities for themselves and for others. It is a necessary shift. But it…

BAD SERVICE NO longer stays between the customer and the business. Today, a dirty switch, remote control, missing coat hangers, or one careless detail can quickly become a public complaint. The number of customer complaints on websites is astonishingly high.…

As a business owner, the protection of your assets should be a priority and it is also a sensible business management strategy to ensure the longevity of your enterprise. Importantly, by doing so it will give you peace of mind…

FOR MANY, THEIR entry into business starts as a hobby such as a passion for cooking, baking cakes and biscuits, fixing computers and electronic gadgetry, designing and making garments or providing social media platform maintenance or photographic services, hairdressing and…

This week’s uproar over speed humps on Windhoek’s Western byypass has exposed more than a traffic bottleneck – it has laid bare a deeper urban transport crisis that is punishing commuters, especially the poor. The measure was introduced to protect…

Private healthcare is growing across Africa. Good. That is not proof that the state has failed. It’s proof that patients want what overstretched public systems too often cannot guarantee: speed, reliability, and decent service. Here is the harder truth: Africa…

PRIVATE education has long complemented public schooling, often filling the gaps the state could not. For much of that history they were church-linked, with mission schools and private universities taking root across Africa. Mission schools were never only about reading…