'How To Us' Stands Firm Despite The Odds
Monday, September 23, 2019
How to Us started with 19 women but now has just five
The Molepolole-headquartered company was founded in 2005 by a group of 19 women.
How to Us Investment is a textile company that specialises in making clothing, bags and other textiles. The firm was in the headlines this week when PPC Botswana took the local media on a tour of its premises, where the women are using old cement bags to manufacture fashion handbags.
That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...