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.
Smash-and-grab incidents became common at traffic lights, Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) bombings made headlines too often, cash-in-transit robberies terrified security personnel, while home invasions left families traumatised in the very places they were supposed to feel safest. The situation had reached alarming levels and threatened not only the peace of ordinary citizens, but also the country’s reputation as one of the safest and most...