Umbell Botswana set to fly Botswana's flag higher
Friday, February 22, 2008
To conceptualise her dream she formed her 100 percent citizen-owned company called Umbell Botswana.
The 28-year-old Tsimako has had to forego other traditionally female jobs to concentrate on her chosen path. Her corporate branding business, which she founded first as a pastime at college, has grown within the space of a year to something that even detractors say is something to wonder at in Botswana's competitive arts industry. The beginning, as Tsimako says, was child's play.
Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...