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Northern Trade Fair kicks off

Flashback: The Northern Trade Fair is Francistown’s biggest business meet-up FILE PIC
Flashback: The Northern Trade Fair is Francistown’s biggest business meet-up FILE PIC

FRANCISTOWN: The cream of the country’s business crop has landed here as the Business Botswana Northern Trade Fair (BBNTF) gathers momentum, with the focus for this year’s event being placed on boosting industrialisation in the region.

The Fair is scheduled to take from May 24 to 28 at the Gerald Estates Show Grounds.

The BBNTF Regional Manager (North), Eileen van der Est said the largest business exhibition in the northern part of the country will be held under the theme, “Promoting Economic Growth Through Industrialisation”.

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