Sessions 9 - Daryn Roberts - N!A Caps Owner & Coding Consultant

This week's guest on Sessions is Daryn. As you'll see from the podcast, Daryn is nothing but humble and extremely down to Earth, even when people end up calling him Deric in stead of Daryn.

Full time, he's a software engineer. His hustle though, is his headwear. Enter N!A Caps.

N!A Caps was founded by Daryn Roberts and Rowan Carstens in 2015. Two Namibians with a passion for premium quality caps, who wanted to have locally inspired designs available on quality caps. A couple months later, Dunja Berger joined the team as partner, bringing with her a wealth of mad marketing skills. As of 2018, Daryn became the sole owner of N!A Caps.

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Namibia's very own custom cap branding & destination caps specialist since 2015!

Browse our N!A designs on the latest premium Flexfit and Yupoong caps below. Alternatively, get in touch with us to discuss your custom cap branding needs.

At N!A Caps, they've designed their own unique Namibian 'destination cap' range which is locally inspired. They showcase Namibia and local towns with designs such as "NAM", "WHK", "SWK" and "WVB". They also offer scripted options such as "Namibia", "Swakop", "Rundu", "Ongwediva" and more. There are also the famous Namibian country outline caps. Not only are their designs trendy, local and popular, but they showcase the quality of their caps.

Watch this episode of Sessions and get to know the man behind the quality cap. A hustler, a full-time worker, a family man and a humble dude.

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Today’s guest on Sessions is no other than Shawn Van Eden. Shawn started his design career which lead him to work in London for agencies both small and large until he ended up at Leo Burnett. After 12 years in London he decided to move back to Namibia where he grew up. He joined the Y&R office in Windhoek and after a few years finally turned his passion for photography into his profession. Never one to turn down a challenge he is always looking for new and exciting opportunities to photograph. In his off time he loves nothing more than traveling around Namibia capturing the amazing landscapes armed with only coffee and a tripod under his arm.

Fresh out of college,  Shawn is a multi-award winning photographer and art director with his latest work being shortlisted at the 2017 Cannes Lions - for outdoor and came in second in the ACT, planet category. He has been fortunate to have worked for the likes of Coca-Cola, Toyota, Sega, Landrover, Jeep, Tafel Lite, CODE and Kellogg’s.

More on Creative Lab - CreativeLAB is an international award winning Namibian based photographic studio that specialises in lifestyle and commercial photography. The company was founded by photographer Shawn van Eeden.

Listen to the latest podcast to get a good idea of what happens behind the scenes in the life of a photographer. Not just that, get a good idea how it’s never too late in life to make a big change and pursue that dream you’ve always had.

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Sessions 7. Adriano Visagie - Entertainer - Radio Personality - Brand Ambassador - MC - PR

Today’s guest on The Sessions Podcast is Adriano Visagie - a man who has a string of titles to his name. Namibian Film and Theatre Award (NFTA)- winning actor, Radio Host at Energy 100FM, full time banker, host and media personality - he does it all. 

Adriano sits down with us for Sessions to tell us about where his love for acting started. How he has climbed the ranks to become one of Namibia’s more high profile actors, all while working full-time as a banker.

Tune into the podcast and find out more about Adriano.

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Sessions 5. Betty Sibeso - Magazine Creator & Besomedia Owner

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Today’s guest on Sessions is @melkies_milktart. 

The man behind the Lefa app.

Melkies has an interesting history. For years, he contemplated quitting his job and starting afresh with something new and innovative. Fate dealt him an interesting hand, and then he pursued to create Lefa. 

More on Lefa:

LEFA is a shuttle requesting application that connects passengers and drivers. Passengers download the mobile application and are required to register by entering a valid cell phone number and email address. It allows clients to request a ride by simply entering the location to which they would like to be transported to. The app already knows the location which they are at. LEFA operates in all suburbs in Windhoek, to Hosea Kutako International Airport as well as lodges and game farms surrounding Windhoek. LEFA provides convenient cash and cashless payment options for its passengers.

LEFA allows passengers to view a driver’s profile and vehicle’s details before the ride so that they know who is picking them. Including knowing the ratings of both the car and driver from previous clients up and so that you know which car to go into. Clients can track their requested shuttle in real-time once the ride has been confirmed, no more false time of arrival. Passengers are given the opportunity to rate the driver and help LEFA improve the service.

Join us as we get all the interesting details straight from Melkies. 

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More on Fluffy Mallows - Fluffy Mallows is a Namibian marshmallow manufacturing business that specializes in producing handcrafted marshmallows. The marshmallows are especially made with a lot of love and great attention to detail to produce insanely delicious, irresistibly airy, smooth, edible clouds of happiness for marshmallow lovers of all ages.

In this Sessions we feature Ndahekelekwa Paulus, or more prominently known as Beauty.

Her main profession is that of a software engineer. A fitting description for someone who specialises in creating soft edibles, but her love for confectionery is a different science. Like many up-and-coming entrepreneurs, Beauty's story has humble beginnings. She owes it to her mom.

Starting off small, she first sold her tasty treats to schools in her surrounding area, before branching  off into the retail market.

Her marshmallow recipe is a combination of old-school and modern research techniques – studying books on baking and watching tutorials on Youtube.

Beauty is still far from where she wants to be, but that is true of any entrepreneur building his or her dream. The public is aware of the local delicacies she is creating and the amount of effort she is putting into bringing out a high quality product. 

Watch the Sessions Podcast to get Beauty's full story, her struggle and successes and where she is heading.

Sessions 2 - Zulu Boy - Gweri Socks & Fashion Brand Owner 

Leon Engelbrecht - Leather & Interior Company Owner