Fledgling Botswana Oil reaches for regional deals

Willie Mokgatlhe
Willie Mokgatlhe

Barely four months after establishment, state-owned oil company, Botswana Oil Limited, is due to sign cooperation agreements with its peers in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique in an effort to boost stability of local fuel supply.

First mooted in 2010, the oil company became operational on July 2 with the appointment of its founding CEO, Willie Mokgatlhe, who was formerly Shell Botswana's country chairman.

This week, Mokgatlhe told BusinessWeek that one of Botswana Oil's leading strategic priorities was to increase fuel supplies into Botswana through alternative sources and routes.

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