Wilderness spends P6.5m on suppliers

Speaking at a stakeholder update recently, OWS caretaker managing director, Joe Matome, said from the Expo where 110 vendors gathered in Maun, the tourism group had already welcomed many onto its supplier database for procurement and engagement.

He said Wilderness expected the Expo to become an annual engagement that helps enhance the inclusion of citizen-owned businesses as part of the tourism ecosystem. The Expo, held in March, was part of OWS efforts to enhance its impact on the local community by boosting its procurement from local suppliers and enhancing the national priorities of citizen enterprise and value chain development. In the ten years to 2023,