09 Feb 2014

High Commissioner Madhava Chandra of India has advised  Shoshong residents to look into the possibility of getting a Rapid Incubation Centre.

Speaking during a kgotla meeting in Shoshong on February 5, Mr Chandra said incubation was a good concept for the Economic Diversification Drive (EDD).

He said a team from the Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) had just returned from India to finalise the memorandum of understanding and to pave a way for setting up the rapid incubator centre in Botswana.

Mr Chandra explained that the incubation centre was a complete set-up of an all encompassed technical, mechanical, including a module which had the feasibility study, the design and machinery ready to use in a small scale industry.  

He added that the incubation centre was a module ready for production in any sector one chose, be it agriculture, food, household  goods, and hundreds of industries, saying it would create employment opportunities especially for the youth.

He urged Shoshong residents to take maximum benefits from various incubator programmes and schemes for the sustainable economic development

On other issues, Mr Chandra said the Indian High Commission has shown willingness to offer three to four scholarships to people from the Shoshong constituency for this year. He said the people would be trained at the Bare Foot College whose main focus is to generate solar energy.

He pointed out that the beneficiaries would then be able to set up a village oriented generating solar energy with capacity to meet the village’s needs.

Mr Chandra also said India also offers different scholarship for short term training in various other fields including arts and crafts, dairy development and tourism related industries.

He urged the member of Parliament for Shoshong, Mr Phillip Makgalemele to liaise with the Indian Commission for the benefit of his constituents.

Mr Chandra, who was accompanied by his deputy Mr Raj Chawla also donated computer sets and two printers to two schools in the Shoshong constituency. ENDS