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Presiding: Masisi officially launched the NBC with a call for the private sector to participate in government’s review of policies PIC: BW PRESIDENCY
Presiding: Masisi officially launched the NBC with a call for the private sector to participate in government’s review of policies PIC: BW PRESIDENCY

Senior government leaders, including President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and captains of industry met in Francistown this week for the biennial National Business Conference (NBC). Mmegi’s Francistown Bureau Chief, CHAKALISA DUBE, has attended several NBCs over the years and notes that the event is degenerating into a talk shop

FRANCISTOWN: Business Botswana’s biennial National Business Conference (NBC) is unquestionably the largest corporate-to-government gathering in the country.

The event, which takes place once every two years brings together senior government officials and respected corporate executives with the main goal of coming up with economic as well as business reforms to improve Botswana’s economy and competitiveness globally.


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Something ought to be done about deadly A3 Road

The accident which happened near Marapong village comes after yet another horrific accident which claimed 16 lives in July last year near Hubona. These stats don’t include other accidents where fatalities were not as many as the two.While several factors may have contributed to the two accidents and many others, many believe the biggest with that road is the bad state that the road is in. Unconfirmed reports in the most recent accident state...

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