If you have an established small shop
located in a rural setting or village anywhere in Namibia that plays an
important role in providing basic food products to your community, you might
just qualify for the Fish-4-Business
Challenge
2016. If you are successful in your application and are chosen as one of the
finalists, we will transform your shop into a branded Fish Shop.
You will also
receive the following investment into your shop through the Fish-4-Business
initiative:
- Installation of a cold room on
your shop premises
- Supply of branded display
fridges for your shop
- An initial consignment of free
frozen and canned horse mackerel delivered on-site
- Shop branding to transform your
shop to a “Fish Shop”
- Specialised business training
and mentorship
How do I apply?
You can ONLY apply for the
Fish-4-Business
Challenge 2016 if you
can tick all the requirements listed below:
- The applicant must be the owner of the
shop
- The shop must be located in a rural area /
village anywhere in Namibia
- The owner of the shop must be engaged in
the running of the business on a fulltime basis
- The shop has to be in existence for at
least one year
- The shop employs at least one person in
addition to the owner
- The shop is a legitimate business
- Business is conducted from a premises owned
by the applicant (shop owner)
- The shop must have access to electricity
and accessible by vehicle
- The shop may not be close to any other fish
shop
- The shop must play an important role in
providing basic food stuffs to the community and not be a shebeen
- The business owner must have some sort of
financial records for the shop in order to determine how successful the business
is run
If you comply with all criteria set out above,
you can download the Fish-4-Business Challenge 2016 application form by clicking on this link.Once completed send us the scanned application to
fish4business@erongo.co.za or fax to
064-202 525. Closing date for submission of all entries is
30 April 2016.
The Fish-4-Business project is an
empowerment initiative of Erongo Marine Enterprises (Pty) Ltd that supports
entrepreneurship and thereby growth of small enterprises in rural Namibia.Etosha Fishing supports the project.
