Author: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka
Our Naivety and Lack of Economic Audacity Is Costing Us
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka With all due respect to the educated and economic intellectuals in our country and continent, there is a significant lack of audacity and courage among those who sit at the tables of economic decision-making. Moreover,…
Continue Extracting and Shipping or Let the Mineral Be Underground for Now?
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka One of the most uncomfortable conversations in Namibia is weighing the benefits of continuous mining and sending raw materials abroad in exchange for employment and some other benefits. Every year, I examine the mining sector’s…
Stop Praying for Rain and Fund Irrigation Infrastructure
By: Kandjengo Mkwaanyoka Last month, I visited my home, and every evening my grandmother asked us to pray for rain and behave well so that the ancestors would bless us with a better season. This has been a…
A Letter to My Daughter
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka I usually take days to complete my writing, searching for empirical evidence to support my hypotheses. However, I wrote this in an hour. Recent viral news about the lengths to which young women must go…
Unconventional Thoughts: Building an Economy That Benefits the Current Generation and Future Generations
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka I recently came across some reading material that excited me because, for a long time, African economic building doctrine has been dominated by Western ideologies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank. Ironically, this…
Unconventional Thoughts: Dear Fellow Procrastinators, We Owe Our Villages So Much
By: Kandjengo Mkwaanyoka I bumped into one of my favourite souls, Martha, at Select Ongwediva around 06h00. I had been there for two hours since my Silas Ndapuka bus arrived rather early at 04h00, and I had to…
Unconventional thoughts: My Few Hours in Ondobe Town …we don’t need to proclaim new towns nor turn rural areas urban
By: Kandjengo Mkwaanyoka I was dropped off in Ondobe at around 06:40, in front of Tatekulu Nelulu’s building, a short distance from the main road that passes through from Onhuno to Eenhana. Apart from the vehicles passing through…
Economic Inclusion Hinges on Access to Capital … why are there no banks in villages?
Kandjengo Mkwaanyoka We often hear terms like economic restoration, previously disadvantaged, empowerment, and inclusivity being on a daily basis as companies attempt to demonstrate economic empathy. It sounds promising, but a closer look reveals that these are just words…
An Open Letter to the Namibian Cabinet on Drought
By: Kandjengo kaMkwanyooka The Cabinet has declared drought a national emergency and allocated around N$850 million for mitigation purposes. However, the pressing question remains: how will we fill the food gap? Will we rely on international assistance from countries…
We Are Economically and Ideologically Confused
By: Kandjengo kaMkwanyooka It puzzles me when Namibians challenge and scrutinise any tender allocated to fellow Namibians. I truly want to understand the ideological basis for such scrutiny: isn’t that what we want or have been yearning for? I…