Deputy Prime Minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has emphasised the need for Erongo regional leadership to step up their efforts in promoting private sector involvement in regional initiatives aimed at strengthening industrialization and driving economic development.

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was speaking at the roundtable discussion on youth unemployment in Swakopmund.

Erongo holds significant importance as it serves as the primary hub for Namibia's fishing industry.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, is calling on local young entrepreneurs to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Nandi-Ndaitwah made the remarks during a public lecture on the 60th anniversary of the African Union in Windhoek.

Nandi-Ndaitwah believes that the AfCFTA has the potential to lift Africans out of poverty, ultimately bringing about the continent's prosperity.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, visited an envisaged government project to construct earth dams in the Oshana Region.

The Deputy Prime Minister's visit was prompted by the government's decision to invest in economic sectors that can drive economic benefit and job creation among the Namibian population.

She indicated that the government pays special attention to the agricultural sector, both in terms of livestock and crop production, hence the decision to construct earth dams in flood-prone areas such as the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin flood plains.

Participants at the education engagement with Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at Katima Mulilo pointed at a number of issues as contributors to poor academic performance last year.

Participants expressed mixed feelings on the causes of the high failure rate not only in Zambezi Region but the country as a whole.

According to Zambezi Governor Alufea Sampofu, not many security threats have been experienced along Namibia's borders in the region since last month, although stock theft is increasing from Namibia to Zambia.

The issue of illegal fishing on Lake Lyambezi is also escalating, and Sampofu says the region's residents are the culprits who employ foreigners to fish for them.

Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has paid her respects to the Topnaar community after they lost their chief in 2019.

The Deputy Prime Minister and her delegation visited the Topnaars at Utuseb, a settlement in the Namib Desert near Walvis Bay.

Nandi-Ndaitwah indicated that she had a close working relationship with the late Topnaar Chief Seth Kooitjie when she was the Minister of Environment and Tourism.