Khama�s keynote address at Innovation prize for Africa 2016
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
This is a good gesture which shows your recognition of our efforts towards embracing innovation and creativity as a means to achieving economic growth and competitiveness.
We are very proud and thankful to host the event for recognising and rewarding the top African Innovators, whom you have nominated as deserving candidates for this year’s Prize. This, we hope will stimulate and motivate local innovators and inventors to acknowledge this level of competitiveness.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....