BITRI Urges Govt To Spend More On Research

Minister Molefhi shaking hands with Prof Totolo during the compact agreement signing.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO.
Minister Molefhi shaking hands with Prof Totolo during the compact agreement signing.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO.

Board chairperson of the Botswana Institute of Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) says Botswana’s spending of gross domestic product (GDP) on research and technology is low.

Prof. Otlogetswe Totolo was speaking during the signing of a shareholder compact agreement between the Minister of Infrastructure, Science and Technology, Nonofo Molefhi and board chairpersons of Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) and BITRI last week.

The shareholder compacts were designed to enhance shareholder oversight and governance of public entities through an effective relationship between the boards and government as a shareholder.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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