The African Water Facility wants to tap private investors to help create a $500 million urban-sanitation fund as it rolls out an expansion plan that includes beginning to lend to projects. Bloomberg reports that the facility is trying to tackle a problem that the World Bank estimates needs $114 billion in global investment annually, of...
Urban agriculture is growing in Swakopmund as the municipality and some learning institutions continue to empower residents through the allocation of more land. Urban agriculture is a particular focus area in the Swakopmund Municipality’s strategic plan. The Municipality and stakeholders, including the Government of Japan, initiated the Build Back Better Urban Agriculture Project at Swakopmund....
The chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, security, constitutional and legal affairs, John Likando, says urban poverty and the repossession of houses by commercial banks in the Erongo region need immediate attention. Likando said this during an oversight engagement with selected organisations, ministries and agencies under their ambit at Swakopmund on Thursday....
