BTC SPONSORS ARTISTS

In its continued bid to develop the creative industry, Botswana Telecommunication Corporation Limited (BTCL) has sponsored two visual artists Tlotlo Maleke and Gosego Motlogelwa to attend a five-day art exchange programme at the Centre of Contemporary Arts in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The two are winners of the BTCL Phone book Cover and Thapong Artist of the Year Award respectively. BTCL has paid P30 000 to facilitate the exchange programme inclusive of artists’ transportation, payment to the host facility, accommodation and meals. To date, a total of five local artists have participated through the programme in Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia as a way of taking Botswana art and culture to the region.