Vivo launch citizen lubricant firm
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Vivo took over Shell operations in Botswana
During his three-day visit Christian Chammas will launch Gas Oil Energy, a firm founded last year by Goeditswe Gaomodimo and Ditirwa Mphoeng. The young company was appointed an official Shell Lubricants distributor for Botswana last October.
“The formation of the company was a response to government’s call for entrepreneurial citizens to establish own local companies to position themselves for a working partnership with Botswana Oil Limited,” reads a statement from the new firm.
Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...