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Entrepreneurship programme to empower Phikwe businesses

Montwedi Mphathi
Montwedi Mphathi

SELEBI-PHIKWE: CEO of Premium Nickel Resources Botswana (PNRB), Montwedi Mphathi says the recently launched Tsholofelo Carnival Entrepreneurship Development Programme will grow the mindsets and build a changed attitude towards business growth and development in Selebi-Phikwe.

He was officiating at the launch of the programme last week. The event was part of the Tsholofelo Carnival that PNRB backs.

The carnival will be celebrated in the SPEDU region annually. “The entrepreneurship development programme seeks to develop and cultivate a business culture that will promote engaged and life-changing learnings that the participants will use to build up from here,” Mphathi said.

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