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Glitzy Event marks launch of Botswana Citizen Control of RPC Data Gaborone, Botswana, 27th March 2007
Minister Pelonomi Venson-Motoi provided the key-note address to RPC Data clients, shareholders and business partners in the official launch party to welcome the new Directors and celebrate the change in shareholding that confirms majority ownership is in the hands of Citizens of Botswana. On March 9th the Directors and Staff of RPC Data invited their colleagues, shareholders and clients to a cocktail party at the Gaborone International Conference Centre, where the details of the new structure were spelled out. Founder and Managing Director, Rob Pool, began the procedings by welcoming the guests, and describing the beginnings of the organisation, and the relationships it built with customers and technology partners . He went on to provide details of the company's strategy to entrench its commitment to the country, including the introduction of hundreds of local shareholders by listing on the Botswana Stock Exchange, recruiting and training local interns and staff members, and now this latest deal to enhance the strategic direction of the firm. He afterward talked about his personal passion and continued commmitment to the future development of the company. Minister Venson-Motoi gave a keynote address in which she said that the key roles of her Ministry, the Ministry of Communications Science and Technology, was to both to use IT technologies to provide services to the government and the citizens of the country; but also to responsibly use its purchasing power to encourage growth of the IT Industry in Botswana. She praised some of the work the Government had accomplished with RPC Data over the years.
Finally the new Chairperson, Mma Tebelelo Seretse, stood up to offer a vote of thanks - and to encourage the authorities to acknowledge citizen involvement in listed companies when evaluating them for Government contracts. At present the country's citizen empowerment policy treats companies registered on the local bourse with the same consideration as foreign companies. She finished by presenting a bottle of Champagne as a birthday gift to fellow Director, Paul Paledi. The nations press were there to cover the event, which attracted considerable attention. The Daily News, and the Mmegi published news of the event itself; and the Mmegi also covered a political story of the relationship between Mma Venson and Mma Seretse. The following weekend the Sunday Standard published an in-depth article on the whole citizen empowerment project at RPC Data. More photographs of the event are posted here:- RPC Data Ltd, the largest integrated information technology services company in Botswana has always specialised in software development, management consulting and systems integration. Listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange since 1999, the company plays a major role in the Botswana IT Sector.
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