19 September 2013
The six worthy finalists of this year’s Namibian Business Woman of the Year competition were announced on Wednesday, 18 September.
Speaking at the occasion, managing director of Telecom Namibia Frans Ndoroma congratulated the finalists for being nominated and accepting their nomination.
The finalists are Cynthia Martin Haihambo, MD of Capernaum Employee Assistance programme; Jaime Smith, owner of SICS Polygraph; Dorkas Kapembe-Haiduwa, Secretary General of the Namibian Red Cross Society; Jantje Daun, Chief Financial officer of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation; Ericah Shafudah, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance; and Natasha Beyeveld, Managing Director of Namedia.
According to the organizer Desire London-Muller, 20 individuals were nominated and only the six met the requirements and criteria, reaching the final stages of adjudication.
Nominations were made in the categories Business owner Award, Private and Corporate Sector Award, Community and Government Award and Young Businesswoman of the Year Award.
One of the winners of the first three categories will be 16th recipient of the coveted Namibian BusinessACBRWoman of the Year Award at a function to be held at Safari Hotel in Windhoek on 11 October 2013.
The award was started 16 years ago to celebrate and acknowledge the success of women in business and is open to women in both the private and public sector who have shown exceptional growth and success in their businesses and positions of leadership.
“Namibia is full of extraordinary women who endlessly commit not only to their work, but to their communities as well. We are inspired by each nominee and wish them every success. These successful nominees become role models to other women wishing to launch their own business,” said Ndoroma.
He said Namibia can only prosper if every citizen of the country contributes towards the alleviation of poverty by creating opportunities for others through empowerment and employment creation. “This is what these awards seek to recognise,” he added.
Telecom Namibia this year has contributed over N$200,000 towards the businesswomen projects being administered by the Economist Businesswomen Club.
Castle Brewing Namibia is a co-sponsor of the Namibian Business Woman of the Year Awards.
