Community Relations
Sports
BTC Group through its mobile network, beMOBILE actively supports sport by sponsoring the Premier Football League to the amount of P5 million over a three-year period. The biggest sponsorship in the annals of Botswana football has seen the game become very competitive to rival some of the top leagues.
In motor sport, beMOBILE sponsored local racing driver, Atang Makgekgenene, in the Annual Toyota 1000 Desert race, the only Motswana in the sandmaster category.
Arts
The BTC Group donated P20 000 to Thapong Visual Arts Centre. In collaboration with the centre, the Group sponsored a competition to the tune of P20 000 inviting artists to design the cover for the 2010 Phone Book Directory. The Group also supports musicians by affording them an opportunity to share the platform and showcase their talent during promotions.
Rural Telecommunications Development
Botswana has a small population that is spread across a vast country. Where feasible BTC Group utilises its resources to provide services to remote villages that have a population of 250 or more. So far, the Group under the Nteletsa Project, has connected almost 200 villages around the country. Currently we have signed another contract for the provision of telecommunications to a further sixty two villages in the south-western part of Botswana.
These projects were a partnership between the Government of Botswana and BTC Group where the Government funds the capital cost, whilst maintaining the infrastructure on an ongoing basis. The cost of the projects is in excess of Pula 240 million.
Contribution to HIV/AIDS related activities
BTC Group is a founding member of the Botswana Parastatal Aids Forum and also has an active Aids awareness programme in the work place. The Group commemorated the World AIDS day through the concept of Wellness Expo to promote employee wellness, to know their HIV/AIDS status and to discourage stigmatisation in the workplace.
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