'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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A promising step for public schools, but...

For too long, the state of many public schools has been a source of shame. We have all seen the pictures and heard the stories of broken windows, unreliable water and electricity, topped by classrooms that are not fit for proper learning. The establishment of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company Ltd (EIMC) signals that authorities are finally ready to take this problem seriously. We must commend the government for this initiative....

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