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#PushaBW is bearing fruit- BITC

Keletsositse Olebile. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Keletsositse Olebile. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) says its flagship campaign aimed at encouraging stores to put locally produced goods and services on their shelves is bearing fruit.

Officials at the government’s integrated investment and trade promotion authority said since the launch of the #PushaBW initiative they have seen local retail stores listing the local products.

Speaking during the #PushaBW forum on the sidelines of the just ended 17th Global expo, BITC CEO Keletsositse Olebile said the campaign has been gaining traction every year.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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