MRI Botswana launches Prime Connect contact centre
Monday, October 24, 2022 | 1160 Views |
Making connections: Segokgo and Lippe during the launch PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
MRI Botswana’s Prime Connect is the first Botswana-based contact centre to field international calls in Botswana, a service known as Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).
Speaking at the launch, the Minister of Communications, Knowledge and Technology, Thulaganyo Segokgo on behalf of Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, congratulated MRI for the milestone, noting that MRI Botswana has marked 30 years of providing healthcare services. Segokgo said in its three decades, MRI Botswana had shown its dedication to ensuring the wellbeing of citizens.
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