StarTimes pay TV targets low income bracket
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Matenge intends to bring StarTimes into the hands of the ordinary Motswana
During an interview with Showbiz, Matenge said they would be bringing an international Chinese satellite television to the country called StarTimes. He said StarTimes was an international television provider founded in Beijing in 1988.
He explained that StarTimes was very active on the continent, offering a pay satellite and a pay-DTT service in Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Guinea, Central African Republic, Burundi, Mozambique and Zambia with a total of 9 million subscribers as at June 2017.
Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...