Business

A Letter to the 18-hour economy

By Victor Baatweng

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A Letter to the 18-hour economy

I write to you today not as a distant concept, but as a force that Botswana cannot afford to ignore anymore. We have watched you thrive in cities like Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi, and Kigali, where business, transport, and social life extend well beyond the traditional nine-to-five. Today, we extend an invitation: come to Botswana. Bring with you your energy, your promise of opportunity, and your ability to transform ordinary hours into engines of productivity.

In Botswana, atlest in the capital and few other ‘urbans’, you are to arrive not silently, but with a rhythm that transforms streets, ignites enterprise, and keeps the pulse of our economy alive long after the sun sets.