Sunday 15 September 2013

Who is Milton Louw?

Who is Milton Louw?


Foundational Pillars:

1.       Writer
·         1987                         : Founder Editor of School newspaper- Dawid Bezuidenhout
·         1991                         : Poet – Collection of poems as Bubblegum Love
·         1991 – 1993           : Editor of Namibia Business Journal, NCCI
·         1994                         : Publisher of Fortune Magazine Namibia
·         1997 - 2000            : Publisher of Business Fax News
·         1999 – 2011           : Publisher of Milton’s Email Business News
·         2004                         : Publisher of Namibia Business Directory
·         Since 2009             : Blogger at http://milton-louw.blogspot.com/
·         2011                         : Author of Future Namibia
·         Since 2012             : Blogger at Africa Council for Africa
·         Since 2012             : Columnist at the Namibian Newspaper
·         Since 2012             : Writer at Consumer News Namibia Magazine

2.       Actor
·         1987                         Namibian Schools Drama Winner
·         1988                         Namibian University Drama Group
·         1989                         Adam Small – “Joanie Galant-Hulle” (Director: Frederick Philander)

3.       Debater
·         1987                         Namibian School Debating Champion
·         1988                         Namibian Tertiary Students Debating Champion

4.       Leader
·         1983                         Headboy – Brackenhurst Primary School
·         1990                         Chairman of the Tertiary Students Representative Council
·         1997 – 2010           Executive Council – Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry

5.       Researcher
·         1995                         Namibian Fishing Industry Sectoral Study
                                  United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, IPS France
·         1999                         Pan-African Initiative On E-Commerce
                                  Economic Commission for Africa
·         2000                         Central Register for Namibia
                                  Creditreform Germany
·         2003                         Small Business Impact Assessment
                                  Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit
·         2004                         SME Banking and Financial Services Survey (Namibia)
                                  USAID
·         2007                         “ICT for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development”
                                  Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies
·         2009                         “Libraries, Telecentres, Cybercafes And Public Access To ICT”
                                  University of Washington
·         2011                         Credit Information Bureau for Namibia
                                  Namibia Consumer Protection Group

6.       Entrepreneur
·         1988 - 1990            SME trader of goods from Cape Town, RSA till Oshakati, Namibia
·         1991                         Solutions Namibia (Computer Support)
·         1991                         Fortune Namibia Magazine
·         1999 – present    NamBizDotCom (company database management)
·         2003 – present    Credit Information Bureau Namibia (consumer reports)
·         2007 – present    Namlists (consumer list generation)
·         2012                         Namibia Savings & Credit Cooperative

7.       Activist
·         1988                         Student activist for Namibian Independence
·         1991 – 2005           Black Economic Empowerment – Chamber of Commerce
·         Since 2006             Consumer Activist

8.       Trade Promoter
·         1993 - 1995            Namibian Delegate to UNIDO, Paris, France
·         2001                         Trade Representative for Botswana Export Development and
                                  Investment Authority (BEDIA)
·         2006                         Trade Representative for Mauritius  Export Development and
                                  Investment Authority (MEDIA)

9.       Teacher
·         1991 – 2005           Microsoft Office Trainer to black entrepreneurs
·         2006 – 2008           Lecturer for Cambridge International Business Diploma
·         2009 – 2011           MS Office to government employees at Polytechnic of Namibia

10.   Project manager
·         1995 - 1997            Oshikango Export Processing Zone
·         2013                         Namibia Electronic Voter Roll at Electoral Commission of Namibia

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