Zim timber firm in Botswana

Rising demand for timber in Botswana has over the years seen Zimbabwe's biggest timber grower and processor, Allied Timber Holdings, formerly Forestry Company of Zimbabwe, setting up Altim City Botswana in Gaborone.

Now, Border Timbers is following suit. In the company's financial report for last year, Border Timbers said the group was waiting to be awarded tenders in Botswana and Mozambique for transmission poles. "Demand for light poles in Botswana was expected to remain strong as farmers continued to fence off farms to comply with a government directive," said the company.