'MO' eager to see Africa as a donor
Monday, May 13, 2013
Ibrahim, a global expert in mobile communications and founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, said he believes that with a little self-confidence, Africa can achieve this. He was speaking on Saturday in Gaborone at the Sir Ketumile Masire Foundation dinner, where he was the guest speaker.
Ibrahim said that making Africa a better continent starts with good governance and a change in mentality of the people."Instead of looking forward to a life of desk and a tie, and looking for a job with the government, young people should be going out there and creating their own jobs, and creating their own businesses," he said.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...