AfricaX Changemaker Interviews

Bjorn Wiedow – Teaching Youth Coding, Design & Digital Fabrication with ROBOT School Namibia

In this episode, meet Bjorn Wiedow, the co-founder of Robot school Namibia. So at the Robotschool Namibia the from about eight year olds are being taught the the curriculum from university in software, coding, design, robotics and digital fabrication. In the interview Bjorn shares: How the Robotschool business model works and how they came up…

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Kaveto Tjatjara: Bringing Ecological Sanitation to Namibia with Worldview Technology

In this episode, meet Kaveto Tjatjara, the Founder of Worldview Technology. With 54% of Namibians living without access to adequate sanitation, Worldview Technology is on a mission to provide sanitation for all, especially for the urban poor population by use of ecological, sustainable sanitation solutions. In the interview Kaveto shares: 1. His experience with lack…

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How her Daughter Inspired Zodidi Gaseb to start Holistic Skin and Hair Care Company African Naturals

Meet Zodidi Gaseb, the founder of African Naturals a Namibian company producing skin and hair care products, made from plant based, organic ingredients.  In the interview Zodidi shares:  How her daughter led her to start the company when Zodidi realised that to teach self-acceptance she had to live it for herself She shares how she launched the business from her…

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How Aime Lebon uses pencils from recycled materials as an advocacy tool with Papersmart Industries

In this episode, meet Aime Lebon, the co-founder of Papersmart Industries in Windhoek Namibia, a company manufacturing products from recycled paper, first and foremost, pens and pencils.  When Aime first had the idea to use recycled paper in pencils, he didn’t think about building an enterprise around it. Instead, he just wanted to use the pencils…

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How Pedro Da Fonseca Started the LED Manufacturing Business Black Gold Engineering From Back of his Garage

In this episode, meet Pedro Da Fonseca, the founder of Black Gold Engineering, a Namibian  LED light manufacturer and distributor, that has a patented LED solution for streetlights that provides up to 70% in energy savings compared to conventional solutions.  At the time of the interview in November 2019, Pedro shares, that his patented LED is ‘the…

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