Navachab Gold Mine, Erongo Red, and the Karibib Town Council will co-finance millions of dollars for the electrification of close to 600 houses in the informal settlement.

The co-financing initiatives are further supported by the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

At a ground-breaking ceremony, the Navachab Gold Mine and Karibib Town Council revealed the plan to roll out a N$5 million electrification project in the Usab Informal Settlement.

Close to 2,000 residents who have recently received their land ownership certificates are eagerly waiting to get electricity in their homes.

However, only 130 houses will be the first to benefit from the gold mines' donation.

The Erongo Red Chief Executive Officer revealed that the parastatal will be in charge of the designs of the N$5 million project for Usab.

Tino !Hanabeb added that Erongo Red has just completed another N$4.5 million project in the Harambee Informal Settlement, where 130 houses have been electrified.

Two informal settlements at Usakos will further benefit from the co-financing initiatives with the Mines and Energy Ministry.

Karibib Mayor Davey Van Wyk commended the co-financing initiatives and described them as a symbol of collective progress for the growing towns.