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WINDHOEK – China's Huawei, in collaboration with Namibian telecommunications provider MTC, is using funds to build 250 low-cost homes in Namibia.
The donation of N $ 10 million ($ 722,000) to the Namibian Shack Dwellers Federations was announced at a gala dinner held Monday evening in Windhoek, on the occasion of the 10-year partnership between TCM and Huawei.
Namibian President Hage Geingob said during the event that this partnership is indicative of the all-weather friendship between Namibia and China.
"It is also an example of the results of South-South cooperation, in which two telecommunication partners have joined forces to bring world-class technologies to Namibia while contributing to the well-being of society," he said. he added.
Kian Chen, managing director of Huawei Namibia, said that rooted in Namibia for more than a decade, Huawei has been proactively fulfilling its corporate social responsibility to create sustainable value and in the long term with its partners.
"We are grateful to be part of this journey with MTC to facilitate the development of local communities and create win-win situations by strengthening the IT infrastructure with customers, by developing an ecosystem with industrial and academic partners, bridging the digital divide by cultivating talent to contribute to the goal of shared prosperity, "added Kian.
On the same occasion, Tim Ekandjo, head of human capital and enterprise of MTC, said that a house was not a privilege, but a societal necessity and that its creation should not continue to to be a challenge.
In South West Africa, an estimated 300,000 people live in huts in informal settlements throughout the country.
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