Mind the gap: P3,000 stands between living and starving :: Mmegi Online

How much does one need to survive in the country’s cities or towns? The answer is about P9,000 per month. How much do workers generally earn? The answer is an average of about P6,000. New studies highlight the persistent challenge of income and inequality. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports

Earlier this week, some research emerged from the World Wide Web Foundation, which stirred local debate. The foundation periodically estimates the number of days it would take in different countries to buy the cheapest smartphone in those countries, a sort of gauge of both Internet and technology access as well as incomes.

Botswana, the foundation said, was one of the top-performing countries on its report, taking just two days’ worth of income to purchase a smartphone. But the foundation’s data triggered a debate on just what ‘two days’ worth’ of average income is in Botswana?

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