International Financial Corporation (IFC) is the financing arm of the private segment of the World Bank. It has partnered with Bank Windhoek in quest of launching the “Edge Software” for Namibia that is "Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies." This particular software is meant to certify the green building segment through financial facilitation. For the certification of sustainable...
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Windhoek allocated N$32m in the fight against hepatitis E menace in the country. These findings were confirmed by the city’s mayor, Muesee Kazapua. The mayor announced during a first breakfast meeting of the municipality with Windhoek media. An outbreak alert of the Hepatitis E virus was declared by Namibia’s Ministry of Health late last year. Ever since two deaths have been reported with more than...
The Third edition of Bauma ConExpo Africa will take place between March 13th and 16th 2018. The event will take place in Johannesburg, and more than 600 exhibitors are expected to attend. The area of Johannesburg Expo center is 68,000 square meters, and it will be used for the event. The expo entails trade fair for construction vehicles, building materials, construction, and mining machinery. Both...
In November, the city of Windhoek passed 235 building plans which shows an increase of 46.9% from the ones approved in October. In terms of value, the number of approvals almost doubled from n$88.46 million passed in September to n$172 million although the completions fell from 88 to 67 in September and October respectively. Also, the number of properties approved increased by 197 on top of the 235...
The construction sector in Opuwo has really helped for growth of the town as well as for an amelioration in the local economy of that town. Local Economic Development officer Sean Makono said Opuwo said that the local economy “is booming”. He added that the construction sector is steadily improving. There are also many commercial and residential buildings under construction. “It is predicted...
Despite evoking an improvement in the construction sector, Minister of Finance Calle Schlettwein feels this is likely to only occur in 2018. For the past year-and-a-half, the sector has known the severest economic circumstances since 2009 with a drop by 26 percent of the activity rate last year. According to latest figures, the contraction is even larger than that. “Recessionary pressures are...
Ohorogo Cement made available N$9 million to go towards housing for its employees. The money will help the purchasing of land, and cement contributions for the construction the houses. The managing director of the company, Hans-Wilhelm Schütte, said that this is the biggest highlight in the whole history of Ohorongo Cement as they created the first of many real and lasting legacies for the welfare of...