Botswana improves on technology ranking

Molake
Molake

Botswana has recorded an improvement in readiness to technology in the 2014 global competitiveness report.

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.

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