�Change makers� to become annual event

Staff Writer | Tuesday September 13, 2016 16:04

The initiative, launched end of last year, is meant to celebrate unsung young people who have made remarkable achievements in various fields, noting that the golden jubilee celebrations would be incomplete without recognising their input.  Project manager, Kenneth Moeng told the press yesterday that these are individuals who have led from the front despite human challenges that plague the national, continental and international social stage.

“These people have made a significant change in society, business, politics, sport and culture and in the lives of people or in contributing to Botswana at 50 in different sectors,” he said.  After overwhelming nominations from the public, as the young change makers are recommended by the public; and a subsequent adjudication process, the nominees have come down to 71 candidates.

The nominees would be unveiled following an event dubbed ‘The Future of Employment Summit’ at the Gaborone International Convention Centre, the organisers said.  The seminar preluding the unveiling ceremony, according to Moeng, would bring together “a world class group of international and renowned local thinkers, practitioners and influencers to explore the future of employment in the country”.  Moreover, Moeng said the event differs from the annual job summit occasion as this one focuses on “the future employment amidst computerisation and automation”.  Over 1,000 nominations were received from across the country, with 61% of those shortlisted nominees being urbanites, 28% from rural while 11% from the diaspora. Nominees should be under the age of 40, and the youngest one is 18-years-old.