Namibia: Oniipa Teacher’s Fruit Tree Goldmine

An Oniipa-based farmer says she earns about N$6 000 a month selling mango, guava, custard apple, paw-paw, lemon, avocado, granadilla and grafted orange trees.

Vistorina Joel, a teacher at Iipumbu Senior Secondary School at Oshakati, sells her trees to community members in and around Oniipa and Oshakati.

She says she uses both direct sales and a WhatsApp group to reach customers.

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