The Windhoek Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
This resource includes two valuable assets: 1. An Overview of the Windhoek Entrepreneurship Ecosystem, 2. An Overview of the Windhoek Startup Ecosystem by Category and Startup Development Stage. Combined, this resource is a practical tool for founders seeking suitable support and for support organisations aiming to enhance the entrepreneurship ecosystem. It’s a tangible support system at your fingertips. The insights primarily rely on the perspectives of local ecosystem actors and startups gathered during research fieldwork in 2021-2022.
How to Overcome Challenges on a PhD Journey
A lack of open conversation about the struggles on the PhD journey limits possibilities for peer learning. What’s worse is it makes us feel like there’s something wrong with us when things around us go wrong. So here’s a strategy guide for when things don’t go as planned.
How I raised funds for my Doctoral Research
For the third time in a row, I secured a living stipend for my Doctoral Research from Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in Finland. This brings the total number of grants I’ve received to four with a success rate in grant applications of 57 %.
Here’s to tenacity and one more year of funding
2021 just got a whole lot better. I’m humbled to share that I have received two grants that together take me through another year in my Doctoral Research.
Why doing a PhD is like running a startup
Unlike some might think, doing a PhD is not, for me at least, the "Backup plan when I couldn't get a job" or an attempt to travel back in time and "Have fun like in my 20s". I chose to do it to enhance my expertise in an area that is not well-known - the entrepreneurship ecosystems in southern Africa. I'm doing it because I want to understand how technology entrepreneurship can be better supported in the future, and how to do it in a region that is in need of creative, new solutions in job creation.
That's the mission.