PPDAB: COVID-19: Resumption of online contractor registration services
Friday, April 24, 2020
The above service is offered in addition, to evaluation, adjudication and award of tenders in cases of emergencies like those intended to address the COVID-19.
Due to the ongoing Extreme Social Distancing (Lock down), other services like Capacity Building are still suspended until further notice.
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...