Local manufacturers lament snub by retailers
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Brainstorming: The Summit delved into challenges and solutions for the manufacturing sector PIC: LOCAL MANUFACTURING SUMMIT FACEBOOK
The complaint was raised by several entrepreneurs at last week’s Local Manufacturing Summit held in Gaborone. The Summit provided a platform for entrepreneurs to air their grievances and to communicate their market handicaps to an array of institutional investors and public legislators.
This follows a series of high level conversations as the entrepreneurship space seeks to align itself with the recently announced Mindset Change campaign announced by President Mokgweetsi Masisi.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...