BETP’s moment of truth :: Mmegi Online

Botswana more than ever needs to diversify its economy. It needs projects that do not merely recycle existing value, but fundamentally alter the nation’s economic fabric from a consumption-based model to one anchored in production, value creation and, ultimately, export competitiveness.

It is against this backdrop that President Advocate Duma Boko recently launched the Botswana Economic Transformation Programme (BETP) Labs, describing them as the “engine rooms” of Botswana’s journey toward high-income status. Speaking at the launch in Gaborone few months ago, the President noted that the labs would refine project concepts, develop roadmaps, establish performance indicators and remove structural barriers to progress.

This was a powerful statement of national intent. But intent alone will not transform Botswana’s economy. Only execution will.

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