BW launches BizzKids Competition

Bank Windhoek launched its BizzKids competition at Beautiful Kidz in Katutura, Windhoek this past Friday.The entrepreneurial competition designed to help scholars realise their business ideas, was established eight years ago and is a platform created for scholars across Namibia, between the ages of 8 and 18 to sell and promote their own products and services. This year, the competition will be divided into two categories. Scholars between 8 to 13 years will be competing against each other and scholars between 14 -18 will compete in a separate category. Scholars are encouraged to enter the competition and win the opportunity to put their ideas and skills to test at the Bank Windhoek BizzKids Market, scheduled to take place on 27 and 28 October 2017, at Maerua Mall Shopping Centre, in Windhoek. The Bank Windhoek BizzKids Competition's main objective is to educate the Namibian youth about entrepreneurship and give the young entrepreneurs an opportunity to enter a competition to win one of 20 exhibition stands (10 for each category) at the Bank Windhoek BizzKids Market.Last year, Lize-Mari de Bod, 16, trading as “Colouring Crazy”, from Windhoek Gymnasium, was crowned the winner of the Bank Windhoek BizzKids Competition. She received prize money to the value of N$7 000 for herself and N$5 000 for her school. Lize-Mari inspired the judges with her talent to draw and create opportunities to bring families closer together by, using her drawings as a means of activity for families to relax, enjoy and bond by colouring in together as a family.Nicole Groenewald ,8 and Sharoline Bock, 14, trading as “Nicole's Lucky Packets”, from St Paul's College, received the second prize of N$5 000 and in third place, for the prize money of N$3 000, was Katharina Bergemann ,11, Fiona von Koenen, 11, and Alexander Bergemann, 9, from Deutsche Privatschule Omaruru, who traded as “Sweet Friends”.“By creating opportunities for entrepreneurship such as The Bank Windhoek BizzKids competition, it not only benefits learners from all socio-economic backgrounds, but it also teaches kids to think outside the box and it nurtures unconventional talents and skills. It is important for Namibia to encourage entrepreneurship amongst the youth in order to inspire entrepreneurial values at a young age. The Bank Windhoek BizzKids is one of the many ways in which Bank Windhoek contributes towards the development and growth of Namibia's economy,” said Jacquiline Pack, the banks's executive officer: marketing and corporate communication services. “Entrepreneurship can have a positive impact on the mind-set of young people and their role in the society and the economy,” concluded Pack.The closing date for entries is 31 August and the finalists will be announced on 22 September 2017.For more information and to download the entry form, visit the Bank Windhoek website at www.bankwindhoek.com.na. Entry forms can also be obtained from all the Bank Windhoek branches and agencies countrywide.Staff reporter

BW launches BizzKids Competition

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Namibian Sun 2025-05-15

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