Oiling the wheels of trade
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | 1700 Views |
Charting a path: Mpugwa PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Petroleum industry veteran and Kwa Nokeng Oil CEO, Mahube Mpugwa, says the citizen-owned company’s ambition is to see Botswana become the region’s most preferred trade and logistics route. In a region where governments are building infrastructure such as roads and bridges to attract more of the trade traffic and investment their way, private investors such as Kwa Nokeng are playing a key role.
Several countries frequently make the claim of being the region’s logistics hub, a coveted status that can be leveraged for investment and the growth of downstream activities.
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...