Botswana advised to develop AGOA strategy

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Lesotho Minister of Trade and Industry Coopetatives and Marketing Joshua Setipa

Botswana has a more competitive advantage over its sub-Saharan Africa counterpart countries when it comes to utilising the benefits of the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA), a Lesotho government official has said.

Speaking yesterday at a seminar aimed at sensitising the business community and the civil society on the new AGOA legislation (2015-2025), Joshua Setipa, who is Lesotho’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing said Botswana needed to focus on a number of elements in order to fully benefit from AGOA, including coming up with a national strategy.

He stated that for Botswana to boost its participation under AGOA, it should increase its local participation and involvement in industry.

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