BIF Beneficiaries Unveiled

Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) has unveiled their first seven beneficiaries of the Innovation Fund, which has been on the pipeline for the past seven years.

The beneficiaries on the grant are amongst them Eco Hub, Kebalepile Technologies and Innovation, Aeronautical Solutions, Pyro Carbon Energy, Smartcom, Intelligent Traffic Management and Motheo Technologies.

The first call for proposals was issued in March this year with 54 applications received.  According to the Hub, the first call was benchmarked against regional innovation funds and designed to fund from proof of concept to pre-commercialisation stage, where shortage of funding in innovation is most pronounced.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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