{"id":16130,"date":"2022-11-04T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global"},"modified":"2022-11-04T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T13:08:09","slug":"going-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global","title":{"rendered":"Going Global"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Expo key to helping Botswana attract inward investment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Back with a bang, the 2022 Global Expo, which runs from 1st \u2013 4th November, is expected to give government a chance to attract inward investments.<\/p>\n<p>Officiating at Wednesday\u2019s packed opening ceremony at Boipuso Hall, President Mokgweetsi Masisi promised his govt would use the gathering to push industrial developments that will drive the country towards self sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Organised by Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC), the flagship four-day exposition provides Botswana with an opportunity to grow its business and socio-economic ties with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile trading in commodities has brought us this far, we recognise that our next growth phase requires us to restructure our economy and develop our value chains, driven by technological transformation. Our ambition to industrialise cannot be achieved without a sufficient injection of private capital,\u201d said Masisi.<\/p>\n<p>Having failed to hold the expo last year due to Covid-19, this year\u2019s edition looks set to make up for last year.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 Global Expo has brought together investors, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, government departments, financial institutions and Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMES) from more than ten countries to explore profitable business and joint venture opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the expo has attracted 200 exhibitors from Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Mozambique, India, Indonesia, Eswatini, Namibia and Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expo will provide a platform for securing mutually beneficial investment deals and direct investments,\u201d added Masisi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Expo key to helping Botswana attract inward investment Back with a bang, the 2022 Global Expo, which runs from 1st \u2013 4th November, is expected to give government a chance to attract inward investments. Officiating at Wednesday\u2019s packed opening ceremony at Boipuso Hall, President Mokgweetsi Masisi promised his govt would use the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":16129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-16130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Going Global - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Expo key to helping Botswana attract inward investment Back with a bang, the 2022 Global Expo, which runs from 1 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Going Global\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Expo key to helping Botswana attract inward investment Back with a bang, the 2022 Global Expo, which runs from 1 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-04T11:00:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-04T13:08:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_73.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Going Global\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-04T11:00:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-04T13:08:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global\"},\"wordCount\":248,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_73.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/going-global\",\"name\":\"Going Global - 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