WIBA Penetrates Regional Markets

Nametso Ntsosa PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Nametso Ntsosa PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Members of Women in Business Association (WIBA) have penetrated regional markets through their partnership with the North West Business Association and Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Speaking to Monitor Business, WIBA president Nametso Ntsosa-Carr said most of their members have benefited from their trips to business forums in Lesotho and the North West region in South Africa.

“Most of the MoUs we signed have been beneficial to our members. We met other women in business in Lesotho through the SADC training where some of our members managed to get partnerships with even more women in Tanzania and Kenya,” she said.

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