Botswana: Move Beyond Govt Tenders – Boko

Gaborone — President Advocate Duma Boko has urged the private sector to transform Botswana’s economy through innovation, production and genuine entrepreneurship rather than relying heavily on government tenders.

Addressing the Presidential Business Roundtable in Gaborone on October 8, President Boko said Botswana needed businesses that developed intellectual property and invested in productive sectors such as manufacturing.

He said many local businesses had traditionally relied on government…