Anxiety over BPOPF P500m tender
Friday, September 12, 2014
Siwawa
The kitty is the first tranche of BPOPF’s trend setting P800 million private equity funds solely targeted for investments in Botswana only.
Speaking at a media briefing in Gaborone this week, BPOPF acting CEO Lesedi Moakofhi said that a decision has been made on which fund manager has won the tender.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...