{"id":70851,"date":"2026-04-09T13:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/70851\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:27:10","slug":"botswana-orange-botswana-partners-to-develop-smart-special-economic-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/70851\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana: Orange Botswana partners to develop smart special economic zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-53-780x470.png\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0Gaborone,\u00a0Orange Botswana\u00a0signed a partnership with the\u00a0Botswana Special Economic Zones Authority\u00a0to support smart and connected special economic zones. Formalized in 2026, the agreement includes deployment of digital solutions such as IoT-enabled utilities, smart security and digital platforms. Authorities say the initiative aligns with Botswana\u2019s national digital transformation strategy to attract investment and enhance competitiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In\u00a0Gaborone,\u00a0Orange Botswana\u00a0signed a partnership with the\u00a0Botswana Special Economic Zones Authority\u00a0to support smart and connected special economic zones. Formalized&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6,6158,26662,26663,26664,26665,26666,26667],"class_list":{"0":"post-70851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afrique","8":"tag-afrique","9":"tag-botswana","10":"tag-botswana-special-economic-zones-authority","11":"tag-digital-transformation-innovation","12":"tag-gaborone-orange-botswana","13":"tag-iot-investment-competitiveness","14":"tag-nene-maiga","15":"tag-special-economic-zones"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@afrique\/116374984739070284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}