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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
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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