What works in Windhoek
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Evidence snapshot for Windhoek
SchoolNet Namibia connected up to roughly 500 of Namibia's 1,500–1,600 schools to the internet by 2006 through open-source computer labs and trained youth technicians, though the organisation dissolved in 2009 after losing government support and facing sustainability challenges. NUST's Indigenous Knowledge in Digital World Cluster culminated in a July 2025 international indigenous-knowledge gathering in Windhoek that established a UNESCO Chair in Digital Technology Design with Indigenous People. The evidence documents digital technology initiatives in the capital but does not quantify broader economic, social or governance outcomes specific to Windhoek itself.
Drawn from: Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia — Community-Led Savings and In-Situ Upgrading · SWAPO 50/50 Electoral Quota — Namibia's Path to Gender Parity in Parliament · NUST's Indigenous Knowledge in Digital World Cluster — Co-Designing Digital Tools with Namibia's San and OvaHimba Communities · SchoolNet Namibia · ConsumerConnect — Namibia's Multi-Regulator AI Platform for Financial and Telecom Complaints · Women and Child Protection Units — Namibia's Police-Based Response to Gender-Based Violence, and Its Capacity Strain · Namibia National De-bushing Programme — Bush Encroachment Control for Water & Rangeland Restoration · Africa-Asia Youth Coding Initiative Phase II — UNESCO-CODEMAO AI Curriculum Integration in Namibia
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Evaluated outcomes +21 pts 100 here · 79 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +18 pts 67 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence +18 pts 67 here · 49 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +10 pts 58 here · 48 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +9 pts 83 here · 74 average
Innovation level +9 pts 71 here · 62 average
Weaknesses
Equity & inclusion -8 pts 42 here · 50 average
Evidence of learning impact -10 pts 17 here · 26 average
Scalability & sustainability -12 pts 50 here · 62 average
Effectiveness -18 pts 50 here · 68 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -19 pts 8 here · 28 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Impact on gender equality -21 pts 50 here · 71 average
Efficiency -33 pts 0 here · 33 average
Demonstrated reach -42 pts 33 here · 76 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Windhoek. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia — Community-Led Savings and In-Situ Upgrading · 86
SWAPO 50/50 Electoral Quota — Namibia's Path to Gender Parity in Parliament · 85
SchoolNet Namibia · 76
ConsumerConnect — Namibia's Multi-Regulator AI Platform for Financial and Telecom Complaints · 60
Namibia National De-bushing Programme — Bush Encroachment Control for Water & Rangeland Restoration · 53
Africa-Asia Youth Coding Initiative Phase II — UNESCO-CODEMAO AI Curriculum Integration in Namibia · 53
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more