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Trade ministry reassures school uniform industry

Manake PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Manake PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Up to 85% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Botswana fail within the first five years of operation due to inadequate market access and lack of financing, studies have shown.

In most instances, a record-high number of SMEs have been indicated to fail within their early years of conception.

Usually, SMEs require growth and expansion which can come if businesses have access to markets beyond their borders. Often at times, entities that can identify cross-border markets are those with a dedicated research department, however, due to cost requirements, SMEs do not have the finances to invest in a dedicated research department to prospect for markets.

Editor's Comment
Boko should stop the fighting and start the delivering

With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...

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