Telecom Namibia is spending more than N$163,462 million (US$10,187 million) to build communication towers in the country's northern rural areas.
The operator intends to launch 46 sites in the Kavango West area in the upcoming months. The government has identified this area as one of the least connected in the nation of Southern Africa.
Telecom Namibia CEO Stanley Shanapinda revealed the planned expenditure at a regional stakeholder conference this week.
By doing this, the number of towers in the area would increase from nine.
According to Shanapinda, the corporation will spend about N$20 million (US$1,246 million) a year on upkeep and operations for these sites.
“Planning for these sites is at a preliminary stage and detailed site surveys will be required to refine and validate the cost estimates,” he said at the event.
“This is a 500-percent increase in the number of sites that we want to roll out in the Kavango West region,” the executive added.
“We are very excited that the Ministry, through CRAN, started the USF, of which we will also be beneficiaries soon to roll out more towers..
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN), under the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology , launched the Universal Service Fund in March 2025 to subsidise telecommunication infrastructure in underserved, remote areas of the country.
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