NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-AIRPORT ROAD-NAMING-FORMER PRESIDENT

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-AIRPORT ROAD-NAMING-FORMER PRESIDENT

(240804) -- WINDHOEK, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Transport of Namibia John Mutorwa speaks during an official naming ceremony of an airport road in Windhoek, Namibia, Aug. 3, 2024. Namibia on Saturday paid tribute to its late President Hage Geingob by naming the Hosea Kutako International Airport Road as the Dr. Hage G. Geingob Freeway. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Cheng)

China-aided infrastructure project boosts Namibia's gateway position

STORY: China-aided infrastructure project boosts Namibia's gateway position DATELINE: May 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Namibia CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the groundbreaking ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (English): YANG JUN, Charge d'Affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Namibia 3. various of the 2B airport road project STORYLINE: China-aided projects continue to support infrastructure development in Namibia with the latest project being the upgrading of Phase 2B of the Windhoek to Hosea Kutako International Airport road. An official groundbreaking ceremony was held on Monday. The project forms part of Namibia's regional trunk routes and includes the construction of a 21.3 km dual-carriage freeway, three interchanges, two river bridges, and drainage structures, Namibia's Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa said during the ceremony held in Windhoek. The Phase 2B project funded by the Chinese government is expected to take 36 months to complete, he said while commending China f

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-CHINA-AIDED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-CHINA-AIDED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

(220509) -- WINDHOEK, May 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Namibian Minister of Works and Transport John Mutorwa speaks during an official groundbreaking ceremony of a China-aided project in Windhoek, Namibia, on May 9, 2022. China-aided projects continue to support infrastructure development in Namibia with the latest project being the upgrading of Phase 2B of the Windhoek to Hosea Kutako International Airport road. (Photo by Musa C Kaseke/Xinhua)