Botswana's world digital competitiveness up two notches
Monday, October 17, 2022 | 200 Views |
Technolodgy PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
This year's rankings were two economies fewer than expected. According to the Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Digital Competitiveness Rankings, this is an improvement from last year's rank of 63 out of 64 economies assessed with a competitiveness index score of 33.004 out of 100.
The report quantifies the capacities of 63 global economies to adopt and explore new digital technologies used to transform government practices, business models, and society in general.
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