Local entrepreneurs who attended the Ministry of International Relations and Trade's regional engagements at Rundu described it as crucial and long overdue.
The engagement provided a platform for the local business community to give input on how to harness the potential of the Kavango East region.
The Kavango East Region and the province of Mashonaland West of Zimbabwe have officially renewed the five-year memorandum of understanding through a signing ceremony held in Chinhoyi this morning.
The Governor of the Kavango East Region, Hamunyera Hambyuka, stated that Namibia has much to learn from Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector, particularly in adopting agribusiness models that support successful farming, poverty reduction, and employment creation.
The Kavango East Region and Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe will renew the memorandum of understanding initially signed between the two regions in 2019 for an additional five years.
To combat crime and create public awareness in the Kavango East Region, the Police Inspector General, Joseph Shikongo, held a community meeting at Rundu.
Since last year to date, more than 700 house break-ins have been recorded, while 1,300 cases are classified as other offences.
The Stina Youth Growth Foundation donated food parcels worth N$40,000 for vulnerable residents of the Kavango East Region.
Receiving the donation was Kavango East Governor Hamunyera Hambyuka.
The Kavango East Region is focusing on enhancing its agriculture sector to improve the livelihood of its residents.
This was communicated during the maiden State of the Region address by Governor Hamunyera Hambyuka.
Residents of Havo village in the Kavango East's Mukwe Constituency continue drinking water not fit for human consumption 10 months after the Rural Water Supply Division promised to drill a new borehole for them.
In October of last year, NBC News visited Havo village to cover the water crisis.
Small-scale farmers from the Kavango East Region who attended a solar water pump infrastructure training describe the experience as informative and eye-opening.
The five-day training was offered by the Directorate of Rural Water Supply within the Ministry of Agriculture.
Small-scale farmers at the Ndonga Linena Green Scheme in Kavango East claim they have been excluded from wheat production for the winter season, accusing the farm manager of sidelining them and using their seeds for commercial purposes.
