With the efforts of moving Botswana from a resource-based economy towards a knowledge-based and innovative economy Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) held their inaugural innovation day at the massive Botswana Innovation Hub Park in Block 8 on Thursday. Companies will start moving into the park in April 2018 and among those that have already secured their space include Alpha Direct, Concertel and Dimension Data. BIH CEO Alan Boshwaen said the event represented the beginning of greater things that will take place at the innovation hub park even before it finishes. The event was graced by BIH partners from outside the country. Boshwaen said they also did that in order to provide a platform for networking and investment discussions. He said that it is very important to celebrate innovation, conceding that it was very emotional for him to be finally hosting an event at a place that is dubbed the ‘Icon Building’. He said as a wing created by the Government of Botswana they are aware that unemployment is a problem in the country with innovation and technology capable of changing that. “The government has shown great commitment to this vision and people from other parts of Africa when taken through a…