Minister hails business mission to Australia

Addressing journalists at a press briefing in Gaborone yesterday, the Minister of Trade and Industry said five more Australian companies would visit Botswana between October and November this year.

Minister Dorcas Makgato-Malesu and a multi-pronged delegation had just returned from a 10-day mission to Australia, Lesotho, Kenya and Tanzania that was composed of representatives of the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources (MMEWR), the Education Hub, Botswana Development Corporation (BDC), Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) and private companies.