F&G Botswana targets African market

F&G workers on duty
F&G workers on duty

FRANCISTOWN: A senior official at F&G Botswana, a local manufacturing firm, says the company is targeting expansion into the African market.

F&G manufactures cigarette flavours and fragrances using ethanol and tobacco. The company is a 100 percent subsidiary of HuaBao International Holdings, which is based in China.

“There is greater demand for our products in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa and other African countries,” Steven Zhu, the deputy general manager for F&G said. “Our intention is to explore these markets with the help of the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC).”

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