BITC seeks PPPs in property projects

BHC stall at the Property Expo which ended in Gaborone last week PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
BHC stall at the Property Expo which ended in Gaborone last week PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) is in pursuit of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in order to develop the 300 hectares of land it owns.

Speaking at the Property Expo last week, BITC Executive Director for Business Facilitation, Reginald Selelo said the institution did not have the financial capacity to develop the land hence their requisite to form partnerships with the private sector.

He said government had taken deliberate effort not to service the land since the 1990’s but had recently decided to partner with the private sector in an effort to provide adequate space for property investors.

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