Plans to establish logistics hub underway

Tshekedi PIC: KABO MPAETONA
Tshekedi PIC: KABO MPAETONA

The Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) is planning to establish a Logistics and Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) hub.

Speaking yesterday at a seminar to host business delegation from Russia, BITC Chief Operations Officer (COO), Meshack Tshekedi said they have reserved two plots near the international airport to build the hub.

“We want other cargo planes to come to Botswana to maintain and repair their aircrafts here as it will economically benefit the country,” he said. Tshekedi also noted that they are still in talks with a number of cargo aviations to benchmark on the issue at hand.

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