Windhoek — Desert Rose Beauty Cosmetic's Sandra Pakote knows the importance of market access. "I would never have recorded sales of this magnitude in just three days" she said, when asked if exhibiting at the just ended Otjiwarongo Show was worthwhile. Her small firm and six others recently benefited from support provided by Stimulus Investment Limited, a corporate firm that commenced business in 2004.
Since its inception, Stimulus has crafted and concluded several business ownership buy-in deals worth mega millions of dollars. SMEs Competitiveness (Pty) Ltd, a firm known by the acronym SMEs Compete, facilitates new business and market linkages for Namibian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by helping them find ways to expand their domestic markets, increase the amount and value of regional trade activity, and lay the foundation for entry into international markets beyond southern Africa.
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