Orange Botswana New Service Widens Information Access

Orange Botswana has launched a free access mobile platform, which provides information on interest topics such as health, agriculture, the weather, Orange Money, as well as wildlife and national parks.

The 1-2-4 service, which was done in collaboration with Human Network International, is part of Orange Botswana’s commitment to empowering Batswana whilst realising the country’s Vision 2036 of a knowledge-based economy.

The service provides information in both Setswana and English through voice, SMSes and USSD free of charge. To utilise the service, one needs to either dial 124 follow instructions or dial USSD code *124# and follow instructions, or SMS questions to the number 124 and receive the answers.

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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