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#PushaBW gains more ground

Making progress: Manake leaving the #PushaBW Forum on Tuesday. The acting minister said traction is being gained in #PushaBW PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Making progress: Manake leaving the #PushaBW Forum on Tuesday. The acting minister said traction is being gained in #PushaBW PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Botswana’s main marketing campaign #PushaBW is gaining traction and helping more goods and services produced by citizens to find space in the country’s shelves, acting Trade and Industry minister, Beauty Manake has said.

The developments come at a time when the country’s import bill has been increasing over the past years even though much of this can be produced locally, creating more jobs, and income for the nation’s youth and farmers.

Currently, the country's annual food import bill alone is hovering around P9.8 billion.

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