Youth Corner

The Day of the Namibian Child is not as celebrated as it should be – and it is yearly losing its relevance.  All this can be attributed to the concerns that children in Namibia still face inimical challenges they faced five to 10 years ago. 

With Namibia making world headlines as a key source for green hydrogen production, the Africa Institutional Management Services (Aims) and Namibia Youth Renewable Energy (Nayore) recently signed a partnership to empower more youth with knowledge of renewable energy.  

I wouldn’t blame you if you lost your faith in humanity. After all, there have been and are still plenty of people who simply can’t do right. Some of the things that people do are just hard to understand and at times comprehend. It doesn’t matter their gender, age, creed, or even position, people simply fail to do what is right. 

There is a common perception that describes networking as a form of leveraging personal relationships to secure resources and influence that someone does not deserve on merit.

Most solutions found for problems encountered in today’s world are provided by the engineering fraternity, says Ernestine Endjala, a metallurgic engineer for Namdeb.

Nestlé recently launched the Nestlé Youth Entrepreneurship Platform (YEP), a new digital platform for young innovators and entrepreneurs who want to learn new knowledge and skills, test an idea or grow their businesses in areas ranging from food science and technology to the development of products and services – including regenerative agriculture and sustainable packaging.

Namibian creative and entrepreneur Pinehas Shikulo, known as Zuluboy, says young business owners and prospective ones must be well prepared for the world of business, as things are not as rosy as they seem.

As gender-based violence, which is already at an alarming rate, continues to increase every minute of every hour in Namibia, we need to see how we can reduce the bullying of the girl child and keep her safe in school.

Under its second mandate of youth leadership training and development, Random Acts of Kindness last month upskilled its members through a two-day leadership and personal development bootcamp.