BNPC in Leadership vacuum, funding pressure

Friday, May 15, 2026 | 100 Views |

The Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC) management has revealed deep operational and governance challenges facing the institution. They warned that prolonged uncertainty and funding constraints are affecting its ability to fully deliver on its national mandate.

Speaking before Parliamentary Standing on Statutory bodies and State Enterprises committee, acting Executive Director, Matlho Seitshiro said the centre has operated for years in an unstable environment marked by repeated reform attempts, leadership instability and lack of oversight structures.

“BNPC has operated within a persistently unstable business environment characterised by recurring and unresolved institutional reforms,” she told the committee.

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