A civil-service pension fund is now a frontier fruit exporter. The question is whether that is prudent or overdue.
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Money
Banking the Small Firm: How Namibia’s Board Inherits the MSME Finance Gap
The new board did not only absorb the SME division. It inherited the unfinished job of getting capital to firms the banks will not touch.
Bankable Startups: Why a N$7,000 Prize Cannot Fix Namibia’s Early-Stage Gap
A prize rewards a winner; it does not bank a business. The missing rail is finance, not applause.
Pledge to Payment: The Financial Rails That Turn Summit Promises Into Money
A commitment announced on stage still has to travel through pension funds, banks and payment rails to become capital.
Bankable Rock: Why Formalising Small Miners Comes Before Any Finance Reaches Them
A miner paid in cash by the roadside is invisible to a bank. Structure is the precondition for capital.