Thirty road fund administration managers from six countries in the southern African region are meeting in Namibia’s capital Windhoek on Monday where they are being hosted by Road Fund Authority.

The managers are representing the Southern Africa Focal Group within the African Road Maintenance Fund Association (ARMFA), which has a membership of 34 countries on the continent.

ARMFA Southern African Focal Group has Namibia, Lesotho, Comoros, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Malawi as members.

The two-day meeting is part of the association’s annual gathering in different member countries whose main purpose is to share information and experiences on the practices of financing road maintenance in Africa and operations of the funds themselves.

As part of this meeting, the members will also discuss relationship building, strengthening ties among road maintenance funds in Africa, in order to ensure sustainability and the harmonious development of the member Funds.

In addition, the participants will share country progress reports on road infrastructure in the different countries, focusing on best road maintenance financing practices and on the optimum allocation of funds to contribute towards national development.

Namibia’s Road Fund Authority chairperson Penda Ithindi the meeting would also look at how the region can use the road networks increase trade among the member states.

On Monday, the delegates held a closed meeting and are expected to be taken out on an excursion to the coast Tuesday where they will be shown Namibia’s road infrastructure.