Businesses urged to exploit opportunities in mining

Ramotshabi
Ramotshabi

The Botswana Chamber of Mines (BCM) has urged local entrepreneurs to fully exploit the vast investment opportunities in the mining industry to create wealth and jobs.

During a business development forum yesterday, BCM projects manager, Joe Ramotshabi indicated that a lot of money is spent by the mining industry on procuring goods and services from foreign suppliers.

He suggested that the purchasing power could be used to develop and diversify the local economy, attract foreign direct investment (FDI), facilitate citizen economic empowerment and job creation. As such, Ramotshabi said BCM seeks to facilitate cost saving potential and creation of local strategic suppliers.

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