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BITC’s export programme records successes

Shipping out: The BITC is helping local firms improve their export readiness PIC: MBONGENI MGUNI
Shipping out: The BITC is helping local firms improve their export readiness PIC: MBONGENI MGUNI

The Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) is recording positive outcomes from its export development programme, having successfully trained more than 400 individuals to be export ready.

Launched to enhance Botswana’s export capacity, the Botswana Export Development Programme (BEDP) aims to equip local businesses and entrepreneurs with the skills and knowledge needed to compete effectively in international markets.

The BEDP focuses on developing new local exporters and assisting the existing ones to expand by addressing constraints that firms face in developing production for exports.

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