How young entrepreneurs can succeed in Botswana

The first and probably the important thing an entrepreneur has to do in order to succeed is to undertake reconnaissance to ascertain the economic terrain upon which the country which they intend to operate in depends.

Our economy depends on government expenditure to operate. Government expenditure is to our economy as oxygen is to the body and oil to the engine of a motor vehicle.

Government expenditure is in the form of procurement and employment. So entrepreneurs have to come up with ideas that can work in consort with the economic terrain until such a time when it shall be wise to do otherwise.

Editor's Comment
Deadly weekend demands immediate vigilance

The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...

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