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Serame sees new deal boosting implementation

Making deals: Serame and Ebobisse at the signing on Tuesday PIC: MBONGENI MGUNI
Making deals: Serame and Ebobisse at the signing on Tuesday PIC: MBONGENI MGUNI

Government has taken up shareholding in Africa 50, an African Development Bank-backed continental financier, in the hopes of improving infrastructure development by better structuring Public Private Partnership (PPP) transactions, BusinessWeek has learnt.

Africa 50, based in Morocco, was established to help bridge Africa’s infrastructure funding gap by facilitating project development, mobilising public and private sector finance, and investing in infrastructure on the continent.

Africa50 focuses on medium to large-scale projects that have development impact and offer an appropriate risk-adjusted return to investors.

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Students wellbeing is a priority

The research presented at the recent Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union symposium should serve as a wake-up call to us all.We are so focused on coding, artificial intelligence, and the jobs of tomorrow that we are neglecting the basic safety and emotional well-being of the children sitting in our classrooms today.Statistics are deeply worrying. One study revealed that 34% of secondary school learners in Gaborone meet the criteria for a...

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