Making shoes one pair at a time :: Mmegi Online

It was in 2020 when Gumare native Ditebogo Boikhutso got a call that changed his life forever. Finally, his dreams were coming true as the Okavango District Council gave him an offer he couldn’t resist. He was to partner with three other leather product producers from his district to form a company that manufactures leather products.

The quadripartite consists of two blind men, Disho Thinyengu and Mbambo Kudumo, Xishee Kgawe who is deaf, and Boikhutso. All four then created a joint business, Makuha Leather Products.

“We were all coming from different villages within the Okavango district. The council officials saw our potential through competitions that we participated in. They believed in our craft and suggested we join forces, form a company and produce in large quantities. Through their assistance we managed to be incubated at the Local Enterprise Authorities centre in Gaborone,” he said.

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