The year of opportunities in mining and manufacturing value chains

Shifting gears: The author argues that space is being created for greater value addition in sectors such as agriculture, which will support sustainable economic growth PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Shifting gears: The author argues that space is being created for greater value addition in sectors such as agriculture, which will support sustainable economic growth PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

In 2022, I spent an inordinate amount of time in workshops and events.

From joining the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) delegation that was led by His Excellency, President Mokgweetsi Masisi at the Dubai Expo 2020 where we were attempting to attract investors, to the Southern African Customs Union Investment Roundtable where the economic plans of the region were mapped out, to the Global Expo where Botswana businesses and opportunities were on show, to the Business Botswana Northern Business Conference where Business Botswana members strategised on how to grow the economy to the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA)-hosted African Development Financing Institution CEO’s Forum where the conversation was about investing to realise the aspirations of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).

All of these events, combined with a decent amount of interaction with various ministries but more especially the newly founded Ministry of Entrepreneurship, gave me a sense of understanding where Africa, the region and the country are all headed or aspiring to get to.

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