Graduands urged to make entrepreneurship a priority

Kenemwendo
Kenemwendo

Prospects to get a job for the growing number of graduates have become increasingly uncertain as a result of a continued strain on the country’s economic climate.

In fact, influential leaders who recently attended a workshop dubbed ‘the Business Intervention’ at the University of Botswana (UB) raised serious concerns about the scarcity of jobs, while appealing for a change of mindset from the graduands.

Delivering a keynote address, specially elected legislator and renowned economist, Bogolo Kenewendo stated that entrepreneurship presents the best solution to  unemployment in the country. “Job creation has become a major priority for our government, which is why it is at the top of the table at the Office of the President,” she stated.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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