Erongo residents benefit from revived Equipment Aid Scheme

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2024-09-20

SWAKOPMUND, 19 September 2024 - Minister of Trade and Industrialisation (MIT) Lucia Iipumbu, Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope and MIT Erongo Regional Coordinator Deputy Director Pinehas Shinyala witnessing the handover of ownership letters to beneficiaries of the Equipment Aid Scheme (EAS) and the Industrial Upgrading and Modernisation Programme (IUMP) grants in Erongo Region. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 20 SEP (NAMPA) – Government has revived its flagship support programmes for small businesses, with the Equipment Aid Scheme (EAS) and the Industrial Upgrading and Modernisation Programme (IUMP) grants in the Erongo Region.
The schemes and grants are aimed to boost local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
In Erongo 23 applicants were approved for N.dollars 645 528 worth of equipment, and three for the IUMP worth N.dollars 439...

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SWAKOPMUND, 19 September 2024 - Minister of Trade and Industrialisation, Lucia Iipumbu, Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope and MIT Erongo Regional Coordinator Deputy Director Pinehas Shinyala witnessing the handover of ownership letters to beneficiaries of the Equipment Aid Scheme (EAS) and the Industrial Upgrading and Modernisation Programme (IUMP) grants in Erongo Region. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

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