Where Are The Economic Hubs When We Need Them

In his inauguration speech in 2009, President Ian Khama got off on wings, setting up and announcing the creation of six economic hubs of education, health, agriculture, innovation, diamond, and transport, to further diversify our economy from reliance on diamonds, as well as making Botswana competitive, progress from middle to high income status, but most of all to create jobs, industries, and attract foreign direct investment.

Indeed in areas such as agriculture and education,  high numbers of Batswana have benefited  from programmes such as ISPAAD, which continues to benefit every Motswana, while in education, citizen  and foreign investors in areas such as training institutes have  become rich, as government continued to avail billions to fund education.

However the likes of  health hub, transport hub seem to be struggling to find their way to Batswana and investors in their sectors, there are few innovation products and opportunities to mention, indicating that the country still has potential to grow its industries and  job opportunities.

Editor's Comment
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