BITC To Host Virtual Global Expo 2020
Monday, October 19, 2020
The four-day Expo will feature virtual webinars from November 18-20 and a virtual investment battlefield that will accord entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch their business ideas in order to secure investment finance from local and foreign investors in exchange of equity.
The business-to-business meetings will run over four days followed by a further 15 days of follow ups and more business-to-business engagements between exhibitors and attendees. Addressing the media recently, BITC CEO Keletsositse Olebile said the Global Expo is one of the several government’s initiatives of attracting foreign and domestic investors as well as diversify the economy.
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