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Botswana: A launching pad for unicorns | Martin De Moatshe
The economic growth of Botswana cannot be told without over emphasising sheer determination, brilliance and faithfulness to building the country from the grounds-up exuded by our forefathers. It has been mesmerising to learn about our economic boom from a mere $1 billion GDP in 1980 to an impressive $18.690 billion GDP in 2019; and a purchasing power parity of $43.907...
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Tshegofatso Pelekekae – A Rising Serial Entrepreneur
Meet Tshegofatso Lame Pelekekae, the Founder & CEO of Royal Hair Fashions and also a young upcoming serial entrepreneur from Kanye village in Botswana.
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Project124 2020 Registration Now Open
Entrepreneurship is the sure plan any country can trust to tackle many of social ills in our communities. It doesn’t only take great ideas to bring the change, it also take great entrepreneur to build sustainable businesses that will bring the impact.
It takes Better Entrepreneurs to Better Communities, and Project124 is here to build those better entrepreneurs. Project124...
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Covid 19 and Entrepreneurship in Botswana | Victor Baatweng
Since the beginning of the year, the spread of COVID-19 globally has created an important new source of concern for the world economy.
For Botswana, while we wait for a full picture on the damage done, the official numbers released so far paint a gloomy picture. In general the domestic economy is expected to shrink by minus 13 percent. This is due to a sharp decline in...
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Launchit International visits Eswatini
According to the statistics, 79% of the 1.3 million citizens of Eswatini are below the age of 35 years old. The youth makes the larger share of the 28% of people who are unable to find jobs. This presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the government and the entrepreneurship community of Eswatini. Addressing the youth of Eswatini, the CEO of Launchit International...
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Meet the Gujaratis: THE PROSPEROUS INDIAN TRIBE | Martin De Klerk Moatshe
In my usual pursuit of tracking down historical business insights to predict the future, I bumped into the Hotel-Motel-Patel phenomenon. This led to the discovery of the Gujarat tribe. A highly enterprising, savvy people from India with a drive to find unheralded success.