Bots, Zim explore trade opportunities
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Last week, business people from the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industry and Business Botswana met in a forum to strengthen trade ties between the two countries’ business communities and consider joint venture opportunities.
The Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) executive director of strategy and competitiveness, Keletsositse Olebile said his organisation undertakes market surveys in the region and abroad. One such survey was completed in 2014 in Zimbabwe.
While the political shift brings hope for change, it also places immense pressure on the new administration to deliver on its election promises in the face of serious economic challenges.On another level, newly appointed Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe’s grim assessment of the country’s finances adds urgency to the moment. The budget deficit, expected to be P8.7 billion, is now anticipated to be even higher due to underperforming diamond...