How young entrepreneurs can succeed in Botswana

The first and probably the important thing an entrepreneur has to do in order to succeed is to undertake reconnaissance to ascertain the economic terrain upon which the country which they intend to operate in depends.

Our economy depends on government expenditure to operate. Government expenditure is to our economy as oxygen is to the body and oil to the engine of a motor vehicle.

Government expenditure is in the form of procurement and employment. So entrepreneurs have to come up with ideas that can work in consort with the economic terrain until such a time when it shall be wise to do otherwise.

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It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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