Botswana accelerates its digital transformation
November 11th 2020
Botswana is currently a vast digital project with the Covid-19 crisis. The government has embarked on several technological projects which, in the long term, should transform the lives of populations. The Head of State detailed them to Parliament on November 8.
The Republic of Botswana has accelerated its digital transformation. President of the Republic Mokgweetsi Masisi made this clear to deputies on November 8, 2020, during his state of the nation speech.
He indicated that the government which is based on the Smart Botswana strategy is in the process of drawing up the national e-commerce strategy, which should be completed by March 2021. The promotion of digital finance is also in progress. courses to develop financial inclusion.
The 2020-2024 e-health strategy, meanwhile, was successfully launched in March 2020 to improve the population’s access to health care, improve doctors’ access to health information, as well as to monitoring. and evaluation.
In order to improve the clearance of goods and facilitate business, the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) is already engaged in the modernization and automation of a number of border crossings, including Ramokgwebana, Mamuno, Tlokweng and Pioneer Gate . The government is also already installing the passport control system at the border points of Two Rivers, Bokspits, Makopong, Paarshalt, Zanzibar and Mabolwe.
“Meeting the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will ensure efficient service delivery and validate the authenticity of ePassports,” said Mokgweetsi Masisi.
In education, the development of a content platform to facilitate e-learning is underway and will be completed by the end of the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
Botswana, which has also experienced the horrors of the coronavirus pandemic, sees this digital transformation as an opportunity to ensure the continuity of activities in its strategic sectors.
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