Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

29 Aug

GIZ donates IT equipment to persons with disabilities

ObserverNational NewsDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Disability Resource Centre (DRC), GIZ donates IT equipment to persons with disabilities

Martin Endjala The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through its Sustainable Development Goals Initiative (SDGI) and its Leave No One Behind principle, handed over essential Information Technology (IT) equipment to the Organisation of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs). The handover ceremony took place last week in Windhoek at the Disability Resource Centre (DRC), in Okuryangava. The equipment will be used to facilitate data collection and mark the final activities of the GIZ Disability Data Collection Project in Namibia. The donated equipment are desktop computers, monitors and tablets, designed to enable effective data digitisation, storage and advocacy. The data gathered will…

27 Jul

City to reconsider material used for bicycle lanes

ObserverNational NewsCity to reconsider material used for bicycle lanes, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Harold Akwenye City of Windhoek spokesperson, Ndakalimwe Investment, Suncycles

Staff Writer The City of Windhoek is reconsidering the material used to construct bicycle lanes, as they must now repair lanes that were done less than a year ago. According to city spokesperson Harold Akwenye, the city will simply replace the damaged cones while also considering other options. The construction of the bicycle lanes started last year September and was meant to be completed earlier this year. “At this stage we are definitely just going to replace the cones that have been damaged, but the city is deliberating on some other material,” he said. Despite the city announcing in a…