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Business Den offers silver lining

Cross Kgosidintsi
Cross Kgosidintsi

As the economy takes debilitating hits from the COVID-19 pandemic effects and the Russia-Ukraine war, the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) is offering a bit of a silver lining.

The country's main agency for commercial and industrial development is calling on young innovators to submit business plans for its youth entrepreneurship programme, the Business Den.

The Business Den is BDC's project that aims to reach out to enterprising youths to give them an opportunity to pitch their business ideas in front of a panel of seasoned and established savvy professionals and entrepreneurs to secure a P500,000 grant and mentorship.

Editor's Comment
Bravo BDF for the first step addressing GBV

The statement, whilst some may say, comes a little bit too late, is timely as gender-based violence (GBV) continues to haunt the country. A week hardly passes without reports of a wife, a girlfriend or boyfriend being killed by their intimate partners. Just recently, a high-ranking officer stationed at Glen Valley Barracks reportedly murdered his wife and has so far managed to evade arrest. It is also alleged that another soldier murdered his...

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