Govt shuns private sector � Mosienyane

Mosienyane
Mosienyane

The Government’s treatment of the private sector is equivalent to shunning, which has stalled economic development and growth, Business Botswana president, Leta Mosienyane told diplomats at a Wednesday University of Botswana conference.

He said that if Government treated the private sector as partners in development and in economic growth, the country would have made significant progress even going as far as having graduated from Middle Income status.

“The Government should be a bow, and the private sector an arrow.  That is, driving the private sector and empowering it to ensure that it is strong, it collaborates and sells the country abroad,” he said.

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