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The mobile telecommunications companies, MTC Namibia and Huawei, celebrated this week their 10 years of collaboration.
At a gala dinner held Monday night to celebrate this important event, MTC and Huawei donated $ 10 million to Namibian shack dockers' federations for the construction of 250 low-cost homes throughout the country. country.
Tim Ekandjo, chief human capital and general affairs manager at MTC, said a home is not a privilege, but a societal necessity and that its creation should not continue to be a challenge.
It is estimated that around 300,000 people currently live in huts in informal settlements across the country.
At the event, HE chairman Hage Geingob, who was the guest of honor, said the partnership provided a solid foundation on how the best South-South cooperation fair opportunities for businesses.
"This partnership has helped ensure that people have access to the latest mobile communications technology and stay in touch with our peers around the world," he said.
At the same time, said Kian Chen, general manager of Huawei Namibia, anchored in Namibia for more than a decade, Huawei proactively assumes its corporate social responsibility for sustainable and value creation. in the long term with its partners.
"We are grateful to be in this adventure with MTC to facilitate the development of local communities and create win-win situations by improving the IT infrastructure with customers, by developing an ecosystem with industrial and academic partners, reducing digital divide by cultivating ICT talent, contribute to the goal of shared prosperity, "added Kian.
Caption: 2nd from left: Honorable Peya Mushelenga (Minister of Urban and Rural Development); Luo Lei (Senior Vice President Huawei Southern Africa), Vetumbuavi Mungunda (MD: Standard Bank); and Elvis Nashilongo (Chairman of the MTC Board of Directors).
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