'Greening Botswana's post-COVID-19 economic recovery

National pride: The Icon Building is not only one of the countryu00e2u20acu2122s most costly, but also its most advanced, built in line with the latest green standards
National pride: The Icon Building is not only one of the countryu00e2u20acu2122s most costly, but also its most advanced, built in line with the latest green standards

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There’s a need and an appetite for multidisciplinary and new-fangled approaches to usher in a new era of economic development.

The era of the Asian Tigers and others demanded different. Today, those of us tracking behind have a different playbook: post-industrial, high tech, services driven economies. In addition to that, post-pandemic economic recovery will likely be dominated by narratives of ‘clean growth’, characterised by balancing rapid industrialisation and economic growth with sustainability and climate change in mind.

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Our digital safety is in our hands

That sounds like good news. But the report also warns that this may simply be because our digital economy is still young, not because we are safe. As more people shop, bank and pay online, criminals will follow.We Batswana do not need a report to tell us that danger is real. Many of us have heard of or fallen victim to KYC scams. A caller impersonates your bank or mobile money provider. They say they need to “verify” your account. They ask...

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