Batswana more entrepreneurial than African peers-Report
Friday, February 19, 2016
In its 17th consecutive edition, the GEM annual report looks at the entrepreneurship and business activity around the world. This year about 62 economies around the world participated in the study including eight African economies. These include; Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia.
The report indicates that entrepreneurship is increasingly perceived as ‘high-status’ in Africa and that around two-thirds of adults see entrepreneurship as a way of improving their lives. Sixty-six percent of adults worldwide see entrepreneurship as a good career choice, and in Africa, more than half of the working-age population feel they have the ability to start a business.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...