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Botswana looks to boost its FDI and leather industry

09/04/2003

The Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA) has announced that it is looking for ways to improve the country’s foreign direct investments (FDI) and expand its leather tanning industry.

 

Botswanan companies have complained to the BEDIA that high interest rates, low market volumes, unskilled labour, bureaucratic delays, long distances to ports and tax related incentives are stifling the country’s industries.

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