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BVI fast-tracks plant revamp

Sprucing up: The region’s leading livestock vaccine manufacturer is undergoing a revamp PIC: BVI FACEBOOK
Sprucing up: The region’s leading livestock vaccine manufacturer is undergoing a revamp PIC: BVI FACEBOOK

Regional vaccine powerhouse, the Botswana Vaccine Institute (BVI), has kick-started a much-needed revamp of its production facilities in Gaborone, awarding a P23 million contract for modernisation and upgrading of standards, BusinessWeek has established.

Fabtech Technologies, a Mumbai, India-based group listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, announced the award of the contract this week, as part of its disclosure obligations.

“Under the project scope, Fabtech will deliver advanced GMP-compliant internal infrastructure, precision HVAC systems, clean utilities, and critical MEP services engineered to international manufacturing standards. “Fabtech will provide an integrated infrastructure platform designed for safe, efficient, and scalable vaccine production,” the company said in its filing.

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Council leadership squabbles are failing Batswana

“A genuine leader is not a searcherfor consensus but a molder of consensus.”–Martin Luther King Jr.Personality wars at Gaborone City Council (GCC), Palapye District Council and recently at Francistown City Council are holding back developments as civic leaders are increasingly consumed by internal power struggles, personality clashes and political factionalism. The latest developments at the GCC are particularly troubling. The postponement...

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