Botswana Hotspots Receive ICT Award

Botswana Hotspots, has received an award at the inaugural Commonwealth ICT & Industry Awards held in London on June the 14, 2016.

This is a project aimed at realising broadband penetration in Botswana which was done by Botswana Fibre Networks (BoFiNet) in conjunction with the Universal Access Service Fund (UASF),  The award was given to Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) for their work for the Best Universal Access Initiative, namely Botswana Hotspots.  BOCRA established the Universal Access Service Fund in 2014 to fund universal access in the communications sector in Botswana. A tender was issued to satisfy the mandate of the fund.

The tender was to subsidise an operator to commission wholesale Wi-Fi hotspots in strategic areas in ctities, towns and major tourist centres. The tender was awarded to BoFiNet and Botswana Hotspots was born.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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