BDC assets reach P1Bn

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The Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) celebrated its 40 years of existence in a glamorous event held at one of its high-profile projects, the Cresta Lodge in Gaborone last week.

Speaking at the anniversary celebrations, BDC Managing Director (MD), Maria Nthebolan, said the corporation has come a long way since its inception as the government's investment arm in 1970.

She said apart from its core mandate of financing projects, the achievements of BDC over the last four decades are countless and include helping in job creation, thus playing an important role in poverty alleviation as well as coordinating skills transfer to locals.

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