Use the fourth industrial revolution to disrupt the tenderpreneur industry
Blockchain and other platforms lend themselves to tender adjudication that is insulated from crooked cadres
It was Archimedes, the original naked scientist, who said: “If I can find the leverage point, I can move the world.” His famous “law of the lever” implores us to seek those solutions that require minimum effort while yielding maximum benefit. The ease of rolling a heavy ball of steel with a lever versus the hard labour of trying to push it, is a common example.
Understandably, and with good reason, the prevailing discourse on the rampant Covid-19 corruption is focused on social mores, lifestyle audits and the heavy-lifting expected of the law enforcement agencies. But any reprobate with half a chance to line his pockets will know that it may be several election cycles before the law catches up with the thousands of corruption incidents from the past 12 years — and only then start attending to the class of 2020...
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