Botswana improves on technology ranking
Friday, September 12, 2014
Molake
The country is ranked 76 out of 144 countries, a major improvement from position 104th recorded last year.
Briefing the media about the country’s performance on Wednesday, Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC) executive director, Baeti Molake noted that the improvement arose out of international organisations concerns about insufficient data in the websites.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...