In the spirit of reforming ease of doing business in Botswana cabinet has decided to make adjustments & reorientation to our immigration position. Investors who have been struggling with VISAs, permits etc will now be facilitated expeditiously as possible-@OfficialMasisi
Addressing the annual High Level Consultative Council #HLCC this morning, President Masisi expressed concerns to the declining position of Botswana in the #DoingBusinessReport rankings in the ease of doing business.
https://twitter.com/BWGovernment/status/999600129559625728
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
UNFPA Uganda
In Uganda every year, about 1,900 women get fistula. In 2017, @UNFPAUganda supported, through @MinofHealthUG and other partners, 1,350 women with fistula to receive free treatment, accounting for 67% of the 2,045 cases repaired countrywide. #LiveYourDreamUG
Open Market!
Nhabe Museum and the Okavango Artists take immense pleasure in inviting the public to attend theopen market which will be held at Nhabe Museum on the 26th of May 2018 from 0900hrs to 1500hrs. The main aim of this market is to give artist (wood cavers, painters, basket weavers) a platform to showcase their talent, to serve product designers, interact with consumers and to promote the museum as a suitable home for all small artifacts, photographic materials and other ephemera relating to the history of Ngamiland. Thus do make it for the exhibition along with your friends and family. Dont be left out.
sculptures, paintings, drawings, baskets and beads will be on sale
sculptures, paintings, drawings, baskets and beads will be on sale
Monday, May 21, 2018
Congo to begin Ebola vaccinations on Monday
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Health workers in Democratic Republic of Congo will begin a vaccination campaign on Monday aimed at containing an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, a spokeswoman for the health ministry said.
Jessica Ilunga said 4,000 doses of vaccine were shipped on Saturday to Mbandaka, which last week registered the first cases in an urban area since the latest flare-up of the disease was announced earlier this month.
Cases in Mbandaka, a port city on the Congo river, have raised concerns that the virus could spread downstream to the capital Kinshasa, which has a population of 10 million.
The outbreak is Congo’s ninth since the disease made its first known appearance near the vast central African country’s northern Ebola river in the 1970s. An Ebola epidemic killed more than 11,300 people in West Africa in 2013 to 2016.
“I don’t know how to protect myself against Ebola. God alone can protect me from this illness,” said Lusya Mbangu, who was selling fish at Mbandaka’s bustling floating market on Sunday.
Read more here https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFKCN1IM0SD-OZATP
Jessica Ilunga said 4,000 doses of vaccine were shipped on Saturday to Mbandaka, which last week registered the first cases in an urban area since the latest flare-up of the disease was announced earlier this month.
Cases in Mbandaka, a port city on the Congo river, have raised concerns that the virus could spread downstream to the capital Kinshasa, which has a population of 10 million.
The outbreak is Congo’s ninth since the disease made its first known appearance near the vast central African country’s northern Ebola river in the 1970s. An Ebola epidemic killed more than 11,300 people in West Africa in 2013 to 2016.
“I don’t know how to protect myself against Ebola. God alone can protect me from this illness,” said Lusya Mbangu, who was selling fish at Mbandaka’s bustling floating market on Sunday.
Read more here https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFKCN1IM0SD-OZATP
Joseph Matshelo: The walking library: The 2019 DLIS 3rd
Biennial conference on
“Information
and knowledge management: Towards
the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals and Knowledge-based Economy”
Date: 17-19 April, 2019
Host: Department of Library and
Information Studies, University of Botswana
Venue: University of Botswana
Call for papers
You are cordially invited
to submit a paper to the 3rd Biennial DLIS Conference to be held from 17-19
April, 2019 in Gaborone at the University of Botswana Conference Center. The
theme of the conference is “Information and Knowledge Management: Towards the Attainment
of Sustainable Development Goals and Knowledge Based Economy”.
Of late, Sustainable Development
and Knowledge-Based Economy are two global priorities that are highly debated
at each forum of development. Knowledge-Based
Economy is key to Sustainable Development. The knowledge-based economy refers
to an economy in which growth is dependent on the quantity, quality, and
accessibility of the information available, rather than the means of
production. In the knowledge based society, sustainable development should be
attained through creation, generation and application of new knowledge.
The 2019 Biennial DLIS
conference aims at discussing the whole spectrum of records, information and
knowledge management that will help individuals and organizations to be at a
competitive edge in the global knowledge economy and be able to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
This conference will be a platform
and opportunity for researchers, industrial practitioners, academia,
information scientists, librarians, archivists and innovators to share their
experiences in diverse aspects of records, information and knowledge management
including innovation knowledge solutions. The conference will further provide
an excellent interdisciplinary forum to discuss the most recent approaches,
concerns and practical challenges at all stages of the knowledge lifecycle.
All submitted papers will
be subjected to double-blind peer review process. We are working towards
indexing the proceedings in Google Scholar, Scopus and Thomson Reuters. All
participants will be given a certificate of attendance and a copy of conference
proceedings.
Conference Sub-Themes:
§ Revenue generation
and knowledge economy
§ Knowledge and
information management for sustainable growth
§ ICTs, innovation and
sustainable economic development
§ Training, Education
and sustainable development
§ Libraries as
platforms for achieving SDGs 2030
§ Well
Educated Citizens and the role of Science, Technology and Innovation for a
knowledge society
§ Quality information,
quality education lifelong learning and society empowerment
§ Quality education
and life-long learning through quality information
§ Competitive
Intelligence, sustainable growth and development
§ Health informatics
§ Information systems
in the twenty-first century
§ Information and
knowledge ethics
§ Legislative, Regulatory
and policy frameworks for records, information and knowledge economy
§ Records management
and citizens’ rights
§ Poverty eradication
and sustainable development
§ Information
Management in the Agriculture sector
§ Open and distance
learning
§ Indigenous knowledge
system
§ Case-Studies from
Industry
§
Big
data, open data and socio-economic development
§
Infopreneurship
§ Other related topics
on the theme
Abstracts should include:
- An abstract of approximately 300 - 500 words.
- A summary of the author(s) details (name,
institution, position) and brief biographical statement of no more
than 50 words.
Abstracts
should be sent to the following e-mails (Deadline: 16 July, 2018): jainp@mopipi.ub.bw; mnjamanm@mopipi.ub.bw; moahikh@mopipi.ub.bw; and,
oladokun@mopipi.ub.bw
Important dates:
§
Submission
of Abstract: 16 July, 2018
§
Acceptance
note: 6 August, 2018
§
Complete
papers due: 3 November, 2018
§
Notification
of acceptance of full paper: 21
January 2019
§
Camera
ready papers: 25 February 2019
Conference
Registration Fees:
§ Author/Other Delegates - Early Fee until 28 February
2019: US$ 300
§ Author/Other Delegates - Standard Fee:
US$350
§ Poster/Students: US$100
§ Exhibitions: US$250 per
person inclusive of meals
All Conference Proceedings
will be published in a book form.
Information on Travel and accommodation will be provided later
Thursday, May 17, 2018
From UNICEF Somalia!
Heartfelt appreciation from the people of Puntland to the people of #Botswana & @BWGovernment, presented by Vice President Abdihakim Abdullahi Omar to High Commissioner John Moreti. The generous contribution has made safe, affordable water a reality for many, especially the IDPs.
https://twitter.com/unicefsomalia/status/996801105999859712
https://twitter.com/unicefsomalia/status/996801105999859712
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