New factories are due to start producing furniture and garments in the strategically well-located city of Keetmanshoop.
The city is situated at the crossroads between Lüderitz Bay, Windhoek and the South African border posts of Vioolsdrif (Cape) and Nakop (Northern Cape), as well as Rietfontein (Botswana). It is also on the Walvis Bay-Upington rail link.
According to Namibian president Hage Geingob, the furniture factory is built and equipped.
A lease has been signed with an operator, and the first furniture is due to be produced later in 2018.
A garment manufacturing plant has also been built and equipped by the Namibia Development Corporation (NDC).
It is reported that an operator has been identified. Totalling R22 million, the two plants are expected to create around 50 permanent jobs.
