MIME commits to rural electrification

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2025-04-14

MANGETTI DUNE, 13 April 2022 – Commissioning of electricity on Tuesday to residents of Tsumkwe West in the Otjozondjupa Region through the government's rural electrification programme. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 14 APR (NAMPA) – Over 1 500 households were electrified between 2020 and 2025 at a cost of N.dollars 55.6 million, while an additional 1 956 peri-urban households were connected to power during the 2024/25 financial year, through a N.dollars 75.5 million investment.
During the 2023/24 financial year alone, 678 households were electrified at a cost of N.dollars 19.8 million.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industries, Mines and...

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