Entrepreneurship is Not a Rescue Scheme
The government once spoke loudly about creating thousands of jobs. That language has changed. Today, the talk is about enterprise development, entrepreneurship support and helping Namibians create opportunities for themselves and for others. It is a necessary shift. But it does not erase the hard facts. Slow economic growth continues to feed unemployment, leaving too […] The post Entrepreneurship is Not a Rescue Scheme appeared first on The Namibian .
The government once spoke loudly about creating thousands of jobs. That language has changed.
Today, the talk is about enterprise development, entrepreneurship support and helping Namibians create opportunities for themselves and for others.
It is a necessary shift. But it does not erase the hard facts. Slow economic growth continues to feed unemployment, leaving too many schoolleavers, dropouts, and graduates outside the job market.
That is why it is encouraging to see wealth and job creation occupy a more prominent place on Namibia’s development agenda.
The message is simple: No country builds broad prosperity on salaried employment alone or by expanding its cadre of civil servants.
Countries that have built strong economies did so by creating space for initiative, risk taking and enterprise. Namibia can do the same. But to follow that pathway to economic prosperity there must be national buy-in that entrepreneurship is serious work and not merely a convenient slogan.
