Overview

Hisense Group donates flat-screen TVs to Harare International Airport and Victoria Falls Airport

Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•ZimbabweDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZimbabweSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2011

Start (actual): Jul 21, 2011

End (actual): Jul 21, 2011

Geospatial footprint

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Victoria Falls International Airport is located located 21 km southeast of the town of Victoria Falls. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/266151526 and https://www.google.com/maps/place/Victoria+Falls+Airport/@-18.0958937,25.8491503,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x194fdd59663f9469:0xa6facc529cd86061!8m2!3d-18.0958988!4d25.8513443. Harare International Airport is located in the capital city of Harare. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5936565.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

Hisense Group

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ)

Loan desecription

Hisense Group donates flat-screen TVs to Harare International Airport and Victoria Falls Airport

Narrative

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Project narrative

On July 21, 2011, the Chinese state-owned company, the Hisense Group, donated three flat screen, 46 inch television sets to the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe. This television sets were intended to be used at Harare International Airport and Victoria Falls Airport to give information of arrivals and departure of flights and to improve efficiency at airports. Contacts for the project include Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu, Defence Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa; Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development Minister, Nicholas Goche; Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Walter Mzembi; Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General, Constantine Chiwenga; and Air Force of Zimbabwe Commander Air Marshal, Perrance Shiri, who all attended the hand-over ceremony. The value of this donation is unknown. This project is completed.