The real victory hidden in Masisi’s vaccine lab deal
Friday, April 01, 2022 | 3110 Views |
In the works: The vaccine lab at the Innovation Hub is due by year end PIC: BW GOVERNMENT
Policymakers involved in sharpening the country’s competitiveness and ‘ease of doing business’ environment were left smarting last April when social media giant, Twitter, chose Ghana to be its African headquarters.
While frontrunners for the headquarters included powerhouses such as South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, Botswana, which thus far has not attracted any of the global tech giants to set up any form of physical presence, would have felt the reforms it has made in recent years stood it in good stead.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...