Vice President Lucia Witbooi has said poor infrastructure and complex travel logistics remain key barriers to intra-African trade.
Witbooi addressed a session titled 'Discover Namibia' at the Intra-Africa Trade Fair underway in Algiers City, Algeria.
The spokesperson of the Informal Settlement Upgrading Committee, Jacob Tjinae, bemoans the slow progress of the upgrading of the Kanaan C settlement in Gobabis.
Tjinae said the project started off well last year with the demarcation and pegging of 400 plots in the Kanaan Upper area.
The leadership of the Otjozondjupa Region has requested that the government prioritise upgrading the Grootfontein-Tsumkwe road to bitumen standards.
The call was made during an engagement with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Housing at Otjiwarongo.
The Eneas Peter Nanyemba dual-carriage freeway is still under construction and has not been completed by the set date, due to various delays.
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has inaugurated a classroom block at Musitu Primary School in the Kavango West Region.
The classroom block was constructed by Mbunza Fishing, at a cost of N$150,000.
Most rural constituents in the Omaheke Region are in need of better service provision, such as health, water, sanitation, education, road upgrades and income-generating projects to improve their livelihoods.
The communities shared this during the governor's office outreach programme.
Erongo Red spends over half a million every month to restore electricity due to copper theft.
The Erongo Red chief executive officer said power provision is interrupted on a weekly basis when criminals strike out.
Otjozondjupa Governor John ||Khamuseb said Otavi should be developed along the main B1 road.
The governor was addressing the Otavi Community Development Committee as part of his three-day visit to the town.
Kamanjab Constituency Councillor Nikodemus Amutenya says the anticipated road upgrade at the village will bring the much-needed relief to help address youth unemployment at the settlement.
The Nkurenkuru Town Council has raised concerns that the underfunding of the N$6 million budget may hinder critical town development.
