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Chinese Government provides RMB 150 million grant — via November 2013 ETCA — for Swakopmund to Henties Bay Road Upgrading Project (Linked to Record ID#31114 and #31058)

¥150M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Namibia
Country	Namibia
Start Date	Nov 18, 2013
End Date	Apr 01, 2026
Duration	4,517 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`35254`

Grant Description

On November 18, 2013, the Chinese Government and the Government of Namibia signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), which committed RMB 150 million of grant funding for 3 projects: Phase 2 of the National Youth Service College Construction Project (captured via Record ID#31058), the Borehole Drilling Project (captured via Record ID#31114), and Swakopmund to Henties Bay Road Upgrading Project (captured via Record ID#35254).

However, Namibia’s Office of the President later reported that the RMB 150 million grant commitment would be used solely for the road upgrade between Swakopmund and Henties Bay.

With respect to the Swakopmund to Henties Bay Road Upgrading Project, it involved the upgrading to a bitumen standard of a 92 km Swakopmund-Henties Bay-Uis-Kamanjab road segment along the Main Road 44 (MR44) & Main Road 76 (MR76). Roads Contractor Company (RCC) was the general contractor responsible for implementation of the project.

It hired Zhong Mei Engineering Group (Pty) Ltd as a subcontractor. Construction commenced in January 2016, and the originally envisaged project completion date was November 2019. The project was ultimately completed in August 2021.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as the Swakopmund-Henties Bay-Uis-Kamanjab (Phase I, Section A between Swakopmund to Henties Bay) Project.
Phase 2 of the National Youth Service College Construction Project was later funded through a separate RMB 30 million grant (captured via Project ID#31058). It is unclear how the Borehole Drilling Project was funded (see Project ID#31114).

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