Shawn Ntlhaile

Shawn Ntlhaile is a motswana politician and he was a member of parliament for Jwaneng-Manule. Mr Ntlhaile is an Assistant Minister of Communications and Innovation, Quotes “The SONA is a glaring admission that after 52 years in government, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has not come up with tangible solutions to empowering Batswana despite the country having a small population and an abundance of resources.  The problem is that the BDP pursues a capitalist path to development, which ensures the rich and business-savvy benefit while the majority remain impoverished,” “The government should stop confusing inefficiency in parastatals with ownership structure; we could ensure that our public enterprises become efficient without privatisation. We also have a huge gap between the lowest and highest paid workers in the civil service, and a low national minimum wage, which contributes to the growing gap between the rich and poor,” Poverty unemployment concern legislators 2 December 2018 “Artificial intelligence has joined the ranks of great human inventions that have reshaped society. So, as a country, we are keen to harness the full potential of AI while safeguarding against its risks,” “We are fostering cross-sector collaboration between academia, industry, and government to unlock new discoveries and scale innovation, and recognise that with great technology comes responsibility." “Technology is no longer an accessory to the economy, it is an engine. We are actively courting foreign direct investment in artificial intelligence, fintech, and cloud services. We are building an ecosystem where global innovators will find not only opportunity, but infrastructure, talent, and policy support,” Artificial Intelligence Policy in final stage 13 August 2025 “In 1995, more than 47 000 delegates and activities from around the world met in Beijing for the fourth Women’s summit, whose action plan was signed by 189 countries and has been guiding most UN member states’ gender equality and mainstreaming,” “Since that meeting, as a country, we have worked tirelessly to increase access to digital services for women. As a way of promoting digital literacy among young women, the country’s communications and digital services sector commemorated Girls in ICT during the past week,” “Government and businesses are not the only ones contributing to gender equality in digital transformation. The eSkills4Girls initiative highlights the vital role that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play in promoting gender mainstreaming within the ICT sector,” “We should make gender mainstreaming second nature to us until we have achieved equality for all of our citizens,” Strategy addresses gender inequality 19 May 2025