Census on businesses enters second phase

The second phase of the 2016-2017 Census of Enterprises and Establishments (CEE) will begin this week after successful completion of the first one.

The first phase, which was conducted between October and December 2016, entailed listing of all business enterprises and establishments in the country.

Deputy statistician general, Burton Mguni informed a press conference in Gaborone on Wednesday that the second phase will continue until September this year and will collect and compile basic economic indicators from businesses in the formal sector. He said the main objective of the CEE II is to collect information from businesses pertaining to the type of business activity, revenue, expenditure, assets, stock, employment, ownership status, amongst other things.

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