Low internet usage presents investment opportunity
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Internet penetration is still very low in Botswana
While the mobile density is gradually increasing in Botswana, currently standing at 158 percent, internet usage is still low with less than 50 percent of the population utilising the service.
Speaking during the ICT Pitso recently, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Tsaone Thebe said Botswana’s achievements in wireless voice telephony are unparalleled but this has not been replicated in fixed voice and internet connectivity.
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...