Namibia: Beauty Secrets of Business At Desert Rose

SANDRA Pakote's old job as a nurse in the operating room was stressful and time-consuming - but managing the eight branches of her company Desert Rose, which sells cosmetics and perfumes as well as human and synthetic hair to individuals and bulk buyers, is surprisingly much easier.

That's not to say everything ran smoothly at first, however: "For the first six months, I didn't take home a salary," she says, "and thereafter, my pay was about N$500 a month for two to three years."

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