USAID opens new trade hub in Botswana

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The US Ambassador to Botswana, Earl Miller will tomorrow preside over the official opening of the new Botswana office of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub.

Funded by the USAID, the Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub works throughout the region to improve the livelihoods of southern Africans by increasing access to trade and broadening investment.

The USAID Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub is the fourth generation of USAID projects focused on these goals. The previous version of the Southern Africa Trade Hub made many contributions on behalf of the U.S. Government to develop growth sectors including agribusiness, food processing, textiles and apparel, and infrastructure in Botswana and the entire SADC region.

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