The Untold Story of Ram

Ram
Ram

The 4th of September 2019 will likely be marked as a day of reckoning for Botswana’s corporate sector. Choppies shareholders will congregate not only to decide the fate of the country’s largest retailer but that also of its founding CEO Ramachandran Ottapathu.

The man who built what is arguably the Southern Africa region’s most ambitious retail brand will plead his case in front of shareholders to be reinstated as its head.

With the expected fire works, it’s important to establish how Ram and Choppies story begins. 

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Khama, Serogola should find each other

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