Cheese factory planned for Okombahe
A cheese factory is expected to be set up in the Okombahe settlement of the Erongo Region in the next financial year, the region's governor, Cleophas Mutjavikua said last week.
Delivering his annual State of the Region Address, Mutjavikua said this will be done by international investors in conjunction with Namibian entrepreneurs.
He said imported goat cheese is very expensive in local shops and that situation can only be turned around by producing the same product at home.
“We have goat farmers in Otjimbingwe and Okombahe who can benefit from supplying the factory with milk for cheese. So, we will make this a reality,” he said.
The governor said investors visited his office and toured the region to explore investment opportunities after which they selected a few.
Okombahe is also expected to see a nurses' training institution through the same investors, which will mostly focus on training young people from the area.
Other projects are hospitals planned for Arandis and Henties Bay, and a desert green scheme project which will be irrigated with desalinated water.
“We have to bring agriculture to our desert, we can and we will.”
A factory to assemble calculators and radios is envisaged in Walvis Bay, as well as a kitchen-utensil production factory financed by the Seaflower Whitefish Corporation.
“All forks and spoons we use come from other countries, we are about to manufacture our own very soon.”
Mutjavikua said these tenders were already advertised and the regional council is just waiting for those with interest to respond.
On youth empowerment, the politician reported that 72 unemployed youth were trained in entrepreneurship under the National Youth Service and given soft loans to start their businesses and create jobs.
“Ten of these young people started a bakery in Okombahe which is doing very well,” said the governor.
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Delivering his annual State of the Region Address, Mutjavikua said this will be done by international investors in conjunction with Namibian entrepreneurs.
He said imported goat cheese is very expensive in local shops and that situation can only be turned around by producing the same product at home.
“We have goat farmers in Otjimbingwe and Okombahe who can benefit from supplying the factory with milk for cheese. So, we will make this a reality,” he said.
The governor said investors visited his office and toured the region to explore investment opportunities after which they selected a few.
Okombahe is also expected to see a nurses' training institution through the same investors, which will mostly focus on training young people from the area.
Other projects are hospitals planned for Arandis and Henties Bay, and a desert green scheme project which will be irrigated with desalinated water.
“We have to bring agriculture to our desert, we can and we will.”
A factory to assemble calculators and radios is envisaged in Walvis Bay, as well as a kitchen-utensil production factory financed by the Seaflower Whitefish Corporation.
“All forks and spoons we use come from other countries, we are about to manufacture our own very soon.”
Mutjavikua said these tenders were already advertised and the regional council is just waiting for those with interest to respond.
On youth empowerment, the politician reported that 72 unemployed youth were trained in entrepreneurship under the National Youth Service and given soft loans to start their businesses and create jobs.
“Ten of these young people started a bakery in Okombahe which is doing very well,” said the governor.
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