Cut the red tape - Lefhoko tells LEA

Speaking at the official launch of the northern branch of the Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) at Thapama Hotel, Lefhoko called on the Citizen Enterpreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) and other financial institutions "to move faster in facilitating the financing of important to establishing new businesses and empowering existing ones".

Lefhoko singled out First National Bank of Botswana (FNBB) for leveraging, saying the bank's managers must use the "discretionary powers invested in them" to "ensure that financing of needy local businesses is fast-tracked".