Huawei Enters Agreement on Smart Campus Initiative

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei will facilitate the training of staff and students as part of its role in a strategic partnership entered with the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and

MTC Namibia, a mobile telecoms company and internet service provider in the southwestern African country.

The tripartite agreement is envisaged as a vehicle that will promote research, innovation, technological and entrepreneurial excellence and internationalization.

In accordance with the tripartite agreement, the cooperation will be conducted within the framework of accelerating the development of an SCI, with the focus on service delivery and commercialization, cybersecurity, cloud computing and data warehousing.

Mozambique to Ban Use Of Plastic Bags by 2024

The Mozambican Government will ban the use of plastic bags by 2024, aiming to guarantee a better solid waste management in the country, said Minister of

Land and Environment Ivete Maibaze on June 13.

The policymaking process should have started in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the minister who was speaking at a seminar on the socio-economic impact of the banning of plastic bags in Maputo.

The minister said proposals for a regulation on the banning of plastic are already being heard and the country will align itself with the international and national commitments that the government has made through her ministry.

In Mozambique, the solid waste rate stands at 30 percent, with a part being recycled and the rest deposited in the open, which includes 17,000 tons of plastic waste deposited in rivers and oceans.