What works in Namibia
6 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Namibia
Namibia has made significant progress on gender representation in parliament through SWAPO's 50/50 electoral quota, which increased women's National Assembly seats from 21% in 2010 to 49% by 2024, placing the country sixth globally and first on the African continent after Rwanda. The country is expanding digital skills and AI literacy through the Africa-Asia Youth Coding Initiative Phase II, which trained over 3,000 young people and 350 teachers in Phase I (2021–2024) and launched Phase II in August 2025 with 200 tablets across 8 pilot schools. Namibia has pioneered community-based natural resource management through 86 communal conservancies covering 16.6 million hectares and supporting 230,000+ rural members, achieving dramatic wildlife recoveries including a 10-fold increase in elephants and a 28-fold increase in mountain zebra since 1993.
Drawn from: SWAPO 50/50 Electoral Quota — Namibia's Path to Gender Parity in Parliament · SchoolNet Namibia · Africa-Asia Youth Coding Initiative Phase II — UNESCO-CODEMAO AI Curriculum Integration in Namibia · Namibia Community-Based Natural Resource Management - Communal Conservancies · Onguvi — Bank of Namibia's AI/RPA Virtual Bot for Government Payment Processing · Wildlife Credits — Pay-for-Performance Conservation Payments (Namibia)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +0.451
Documented learning +0.276
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Effectiveness +0.189
Teacher capability & pedagogy +0.187
Impact on gender equality +0.173
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Innovation level +0.144
Equity & inclusion +0.11
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Weaknesses
Transferability / replicability -0.104
Scalability & sustainability -0.189
Transparency, ethics & data protection -0.251
Evidence of impact / measured public value -0.265
Sustainability -0.314
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -0.371
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -0.405
Efficiency -0.517
Transparency, fairness & accountability -0.547
Top good practices here
SWAPO 50/50 Electoral Quota — Namibia's Path to Gender Parity in Parliament · 85
SchoolNet Namibia · 76
Africa-Asia Youth Coding Initiative Phase II — UNESCO-CODEMAO AI Curriculum Integration in Namibia · 53
Namibia Community-Based Natural Resource Management - Communal Conservancies · 47
Onguvi — Bank of Namibia's AI/RPA Virtual Bot for Government Payment Processing · 33
Wildlife Credits — Pay-for-Performance Conservation Payments (Namibia) · 33
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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