Partnering for growth, development :: Mmegi Online

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”. This is an African Proverb you will see on the wall as you come out of the aircraft and approaching the lobby leading to the international arrivals Passport Control at OR Tambo International Airport.

My passion for public private partnership (PPP) is the reason this proverb is close to my heart. Around the World, there are plenty of examples of the value of good partnerships in the advancement of socio-economic development. In 2004, the United Kingdom government, in partnership with the private sector, developed, the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

This PPP programme resulted in the delivery of educational facilities which could have not been possible had the Government gone alone. Turkey’s Health Transformation Programme was introduced by the Government of Turkey to enhance the accessibility, efficiency, and quality of healthcare facilities. Due to the limited availability of public resources to fund these new investments in healthcare, the government decided to procure them by using the build-lease-transfer (BLT) PPP model.

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