COUNTRY FOCUS: NAMIBIA
Councillor Liberius Kalili, a Gobabis
Town Council representative, added
that Gobabis can now look towards new
opportunities provided by the Internet
platform to grow the economy. sponsor of DoBox, a project that aims
to connect entrepreneurs to the world.
DoBox is Namibia’s newest business
incubator and coworking space for
entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. connectivity services to more than 20
African countries.
“We can call upon entrepreneurs to
support the investment made to elevate
the town,” he said “This is a prime
example of how mutual cooperation has
benefits to both organisations.” Dololo is developing the entrepreneurship
ecosystem in Namibia and its mission is to
empower future generations by providing
spaces and supporting networks that
enable entrepreneurs to solve real world
problems. It also provides services to
forward-looking companies and institutions
and connects them to young talent by
facilitating Internal Innovation Workshops,
events and training. “Our entrepreneurs are a gateway to future
growth of our economy,” he said.
Paratus has already earmarked other
towns en route to provide coverage
utilising a range of access technology
mediums ranging from fibre, fixed LTE,
mobile LTE and microwave solutions. The
telecoms provider also offers a range of
satellite solutions for clients who are not
in a coverage area.
“We would like to express our sincere
appreciation to Cllr Kalili and the team
in Gobabis who were very approachable
to the idea of moving ahead with
installing fibre infrastructure and their
professional execution during the rollout
of the first phase of fibre expansion in
the town,” said Hall.
Connectivity sponsor
Paratus Namibia has partnered with
Dololo to become the connectivity
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Tim Wucher, Co-founder and CEO of
Dololo, is excited to have a dynamic
company such as Paratus join the project
as a connectivity sponsor.
“We welcome their enthusiasm to support
Dololo by connecting entrepreneurs at
DoBox to the world through fibre-fast access
to the Internet,” he said
As a privately-owned entrepreneurial
telecoms business, Paratus understands
the needs of the entrepreneur to access
technology in order to grow the economy
of Namibia. It has a physical presence in
Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia,
South Africa and Zambia and provides
Hall said Namibia has its fair share of
challenges being a developing country.
“We recognise the difficulties that face
our entrepreneurs but are confident that
through our collaboration with Dololo, we
can bridge the gap of access to technology
and the Internet.”
According to Barney Harmse, Paratus Group
CEO, Paratus was born from the vision of
handful of entrepreneurs that decided to
make a stand in Africa.
“Needless to say, those entrepreneurs
are still employed in the group across the
regions and that speaks of our pride and
commitment to the dream,” said Harmse.
“Namibia is our home and we are proud of
the infrastructure that we have built and will
continue to build under economic difficulty
in the region.”
It is through entrepreneurial mindsets
that Paratus is able to deliver products
and services across Africa and has helped
take the lead of expanding connectivity
infrastructure across the African territory. n
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