Business Connect expo held

WINDHOEK – Twenty-two small and medium enterprises (SMEs) took place in a one-day exhibition to showcase their products and services here on Wednesday.

The exhibition, themed ‘Business Connect’, was organised by the Windhoek branch of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI). The exhibition was aimed at creating awareness of products and services provided by local small businesses.It also offered small businesspeople the opportunity to establish business ties and secure orders for their goods and services from larger, established enterprises.Larger companies found the exposition equally attractive, as it provided them an opportunity to meet new potential suppliers and providers of goods in the SME sector.NCCI Windhoek Branch Manager Vee Maharaj said the exhibition had been successful and called on SMEs to take more initiative in promoting their businesses.Products showcased at the exhibition included stationery, hair and skin care products, computers, clothes and detergents, most of them locally produced.Leonard Itolua, a business administration student at the Polytechnic of Namibia and a craft designer, said the exhibition was a great opportunity to show potential buyers what he can do and showcasing his products in a real business environment.’12 Volt reading is better than sex’, claims the manufacturer of reading lamps made of scrap material from the telecommunications industry.Uwe Rathman, who represented ‘Hats and Lamps Otavi’ and ‘Mossi Nets’ (a mosquito-net manufacturer) said when Telecom Namibia replaced its land lines, they discovered that insulators could be turned into bedside lamps.The lamps can be connected to a car battery in areas without electricity.Rathman said Hats and Lamps was established by the owners of Mossi Nets after the Ministry of Health and Social Services stopped buying locally made mosquito nets.The event was held with the support of SMEs Compete as part of a programme to support the NCCI’s SME members.- NampaThe exhibition was aimed at creating awareness of products and services provided by local small businesses.It also offered small businesspeople the opportunity to establish business ties and secure orders for their goods and services from larger, established enterprises.Larger companies found the exposition equally attractive, as it provided them an opportunity to meet new potential suppliers and providers of goods in the SME sector.NCCI Windhoek Branch Manager Vee Maharaj said the exhibition had been successful and called on SMEs to take more initiative in promoting their businesses.Products showcased at the exhibition included stationery, hair and skin care products, computers, clothes and detergents, most of them locally produced.Leonard Itolua, a business administration student at the Polytechnic of Namibia and a craft designer, said the exhibition was a great opportunity to show potential buyers what he can do and showcasing his products in a real business environment.’12 Volt reading is better than sex’, claims the manufacturer of reading lamps made of scrap material from the telecommunications industry.Uwe Rathman, who represented ‘Hats and Lamps Otavi’ and ‘Mossi Nets’ (a mosquito-net manufacturer) said when Telecom Namibia replaced its land lines, they discovered that insulators could be turned into bedside lamps.The lamps can be connected to a car battery in areas without electricity.Rathman said Hats and Lamps was established by the owners of Mossi Nets after the Ministry of Health and Social Services stopped buying locally made mosquito nets.The event was held with the support of SMEs Compete as part of a programme to support the NCCI’s SME members.- Nampa