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Botash pumps P52m into Supplier Development Programme

Championing SMEs: Seakamo during the Northern Trade Fair prizegiving ceremony PIC: LESEDI MKHUTSHWA
Championing SMEs: Seakamo during the Northern Trade Fair prizegiving ceremony PIC: LESEDI MKHUTSHWA

FRANCISTOWN: Botswana Ash (Botash), the region’s leading producer of salt and soda ash, has pumped P52 million into its Supplier Development Programme in the last six years, acting managing director, Othusitse Seokamo, has revealed.

Speaking at the recent Business Botswana Northern Trade Fair prize-giving event, Seokamo Botash has been working with the Botswana Chamber of Mines in the Supplier Development Programme.

The programme aims to address challenges suppliers face, particularly SMEs, such as obtaining capital or accessing markets.

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