Gov�t facilitates projects to revitalise SPEDU region

Seretse
Seretse

The Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Vincent Seretse recently told Parliament of an array of projects currently underway aimed at revitalising the SPEDU region following the demise of BCL Group.

Submitting his Ministry’s budget proposals   for the 2017/18 financial year, Seretse said government has approved a package of fiscal and non-fiscal incentives, which includes tax, government off-take and provision of infrastructure. These incentives are meant to address specific industry bottlenecks and their competitiveness requirements.  

According to Seretse, a wholly citizen-owned company that manufactures mobile telephone handsets and a technology service provider within the Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector is setting up.

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