Africa-Press – Botswana. The much anticipated local manufacturing summit due to kick start August 1, courtesy of Botswana Chamber of Mines and other corporate stakeholders, aims at unlocking opportunities for growth among local manufacturers.
In an interview, the Founder and Director of Braintec Cleaning Service (Pty) Ltd, Ms Matlhogonolo Ketshabile, one of the local manufacturers hailed the summit saying it was an ideal platform to enhance collaboration and networking among manufactures.
She said as relevant stakeholders that included policy makers, industry association and others will have an opportunity to interact, foster innovation, encourage joint ventures and supply chain optimisation locally and internationally.
She said the collaboration among stakeholders would also shed light in the manufacturing ecosystem, promote industry competitiveness and also accelerate economic growth.
Ms Ketshabile said she was hopeful that the summit will also address environmental challenges, promote and equip manufacturers with sustainable practices, resources efficiency and other aspects that will contribute to environmental preservation.
She further said the summit was also a platform towards technology advancement that will bring in more innovation.
“This will bring us local manufacturers, experts, researchers and policy makers together to discuss about emerging technologies and what best practices to strive to engage in.
Through knowledge sharing, we will be encouraged to adapt and integrate advanced manufacturing technologies and to embrace technological advancement will be right step towards quality production, operational efficiency and level up our competitiveness,” she said.
Another local manufacturer, director of Eco-Zera Pencils, Ms Wada Kealotswe, who specialize in the production of pencils said one of her core business was job creation for fellow youth as such she said she was hopeful that the summit will facilitate dialogues among industry makers and policy makers among others.
She said the dialogue will help address issues of skill gaps, promote vocational training and issues of workforce capabilities aligned with evolving manufacturing needs.
Further, she said the summit will encourage investment, economic diversification, and influence ways that will help local manufacturers reduce dependency on imports.
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