Ndaba Gaolathe Quotes
b. 1972
Ndaba Gaolathe ( born in September 1972). He is the current Botswana Vice president and minister of Finance.
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To turn Africa’s large youth population into a positive force, we need smart planning and investment to create the 450 million jobs expected by 2050.
The biggest problem has generally been around the ecosystem and absence of collaboration to understand what investors need.
As our economy regains its strength and our fiscal position improves.
These efforts are aimed at restoring GABS to full functionality, ensuring uninterrupted financial transactions and improved service delivery.
That said, as a small, developing nation, we need some flexibility to build our economy to a stage where we can uphold ambitious carbon commitments.
This includes leveraging technology, promoting entrepreneurship, reforming the education system, and fostering partnerships that deliver real impact.
In recent months, we’ve done just that, engaging with local and international investors, multilateral development institutions, and key decision makers across regional and global platforms.
Solar energy presents a remarkable opportunity for our nation with abundant sunshine throughout the year. Botswana is ideally suited to harness this clean and sustainable resource to power our households, industries and communities.
I highlighted the economy’s severe fiscal constraints, declining government revenues, as well as slow and jobless growth.
We are moving from diamonds and government as the centre to a vibrant ecosystem fired by the private sector, innovators, social entrepreneurs.
Whether you’re a multinational giant or a startup with a disruptive idea — Botswana is ready to work with you. This is a rare opportunity to co-create the future with us.
Everyone knows that Botswana has committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 15% by 2030. Yet, we aspire to even more.
In the past, an overvalued pula was not a problem because diamond exports brought in billions of pula worth of foreign currency.
Since migrating GABS to these upgraded servers in December 2024, system stability and efficiency have significantly improved.
Of the 19, 16 had majority of corporate governance tools in place while three only had some in place. “In the meantime, the Agency is exploring additional ways to engage with the SOEs to get the requested information, including follow-up outreach or alternative methods.
Africa does not need sympathy. It needs infrastructure, capital, and execution. The private sector must rise — not politely, but boldly.
If it’s not efficient, if its sub-optimised, if governance is not strong, if you don’t have enough competent CEOs, that affects the economy in a big way.
In this, we share a common purpose with WSBI of moving beyond theory to practical results that uplift households, empower communities and build confidence in financial systems.
We, as the incoming government, are saying we can dream higher than that: 1,200 megawatts are far from enough.
As the incoming government, we are setting our sights even higher.