Red Bull Amaphiko Connect 2019
The first-ever Amaphiko Connect took place on 30 and 31 March at the Comfort Storage warehouse in Windhoek’s northern industrial area.
Over 30 invited social entrepreneurs from around Namibia attended.
In partnership with GIZ, Standard Bank and Omulunga Radio, Redbull was able to grant 30 of Namibia’s social entrepreneurs the chance to attend this two day boot-camp, a once in a lifetime opportunity to interact and connect with one another and with many of national lecturers and speakers, through informal couch sessions.
Sifiso Gcabashe, Red Bull social innovation manager SA, shared a lecture on becoming an entrepreneur by using creativity and embracing our social condition in order to truly build a sustainable business through social entrepreneurship.
“I was in total awe when I realised how amazing of a country Namibia is, not just the people, but the hunger in people for social change,” Sifiso explained, who was on his first trip to the Land of the Brave.
After a helpful ‘Pitch Perfect’ presentation by the Dololo team, our Namibian entrepreneurs were immensely inspired.
The entrepreneurs went through various practical exercises and were then divided into different groups to test their skills on pitching and building confidence on pitching.
Odile Gertze, from Gondwana Collection, highlighted the importance of recycling, and Namibia’s environment.
Another lecture highlight came from Fabian Shaanika, the head of business banking at Standard Bank, who spoke about the financial world, including taxes, budgets and investments. Questions filled in the room and it was clear that the entrepreneurs needed a lot of information on this topic.
Three workshops were held where the room was split up into groups to attend the legal workshop held by Kapena Tjombonde from Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA), the social business canvass, held by Chantal Claassen from Dololo, and pathways to funding, held by Anna Vambe from GIZ.
The entrepreneurs were filled with thanks and gratitude, as they all felt appreciated for their work and for being offered such an amazing opportunity.
Redbull strongly believes that all of these entrepreneurs will definitely get their big break after the inspirational event and that they will inspire our nation to take Namibia’s social issues to heart with their amazing projects, and hopefully contribute to Namibia’s economy soon.
Over 30 invited social entrepreneurs from around Namibia attended.
In partnership with GIZ, Standard Bank and Omulunga Radio, Redbull was able to grant 30 of Namibia’s social entrepreneurs the chance to attend this two day boot-camp, a once in a lifetime opportunity to interact and connect with one another and with many of national lecturers and speakers, through informal couch sessions.
Sifiso Gcabashe, Red Bull social innovation manager SA, shared a lecture on becoming an entrepreneur by using creativity and embracing our social condition in order to truly build a sustainable business through social entrepreneurship.
“I was in total awe when I realised how amazing of a country Namibia is, not just the people, but the hunger in people for social change,” Sifiso explained, who was on his first trip to the Land of the Brave.
After a helpful ‘Pitch Perfect’ presentation by the Dololo team, our Namibian entrepreneurs were immensely inspired.
The entrepreneurs went through various practical exercises and were then divided into different groups to test their skills on pitching and building confidence on pitching.
Odile Gertze, from Gondwana Collection, highlighted the importance of recycling, and Namibia’s environment.
Another lecture highlight came from Fabian Shaanika, the head of business banking at Standard Bank, who spoke about the financial world, including taxes, budgets and investments. Questions filled in the room and it was clear that the entrepreneurs needed a lot of information on this topic.
Three workshops were held where the room was split up into groups to attend the legal workshop held by Kapena Tjombonde from Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA), the social business canvass, held by Chantal Claassen from Dololo, and pathways to funding, held by Anna Vambe from GIZ.
The entrepreneurs were filled with thanks and gratitude, as they all felt appreciated for their work and for being offered such an amazing opportunity.
Redbull strongly believes that all of these entrepreneurs will definitely get their big break after the inspirational event and that they will inspire our nation to take Namibia’s social issues to heart with their amazing projects, and hopefully contribute to Namibia’s economy soon.
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