{"id":31097,"date":"2023-07-22T06:30:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T06:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=31097"},"modified":"2023-07-22T05:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T05:29:32","slug":"us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises","title":{"rendered":"US-Africa summit supercharges local enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Local entrepreneurs at the just ended 15th US-Africa business summit that was held at Royal Aria Convention Centre in Tlokweng are optimistic of attracting foreign investors and ultimately export their products to the rest of the world.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>An exhibitor of breakthrough Power holdings, Kgosi Mosupiemang, said he is fortunate to have been part of the 4 day summit adding that he has so far made use of the event to market his artistic work to delegates and attract investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a huge platform for me as an entrepreneur to market my products and hopefully attract potential investors because my ambition is to have my work beyond the country\u2019s borders. All the artworks I do resonate with the country\u2019s heritage and I strongly believe that potential investors will see value in this work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Dineo Gobatilwe of Dinny Leather Works also shared that she travelled from Palapye to seek investment for her business that was funded through the Youth Development Fund (YDF) in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted to have been given such an opportunity to come and network with potential investors and buyers and I must say that quite a good number of delegates were impressed by my products and we exchanged contacts. This platform offered me a great opportunity to also show delegates the end use of the leather we derive from our rich cattle,\u201d added Gobatilwe.<\/p>\n<p>Gobatilwe further indicated that such high profile events should be staged every now and then to inspire more local businesses to strike deals with international companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one great event which has helped me in terms of marketing my products to the rest of the world and hopefully I will also get an opportunity at some point to penetrate the rest of the world,\u201d said Gobatilwe.<\/p>\n<p>The Marketing and Promotions Manager of Motherwell investments Chotiwa Ntibi, a business that produce tea called real tea said \u201cWe have met a series of international investors, people who could possibly distribute our products internationally because currently we are not exporting it, so hopefully we will a get call soon,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ntibi further highlighted that there is no doubt that real tea has made a mark on delegates.<\/p>\n<p>She stated that attracting investment will surely boost her business to produce on a large scale knowing that there is a global market to import her products. \u201cThere is great hope after this event and my business acumen has also shifted to think beyond borders because that is where more money is,\u201d added Ntibi.<\/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. Local entrepreneurs at the just ended 15th US-Africa business summit that was held at Royal Aria Convention Centre in Tlokweng are optimistic of attracting foreign investors and ultimately export their products to the rest of the world. An exhibitor of breakthrough Power holdings, Kgosi Mosupiemang, said he is fortunate to have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-31097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","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>US-Africa summit supercharges local enterprises - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Local entrepreneurs at the just ended 15th US-Africa business summit that was held at Royal Aria Convention Centre in ...\" \/>\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\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US-Africa summit supercharges local enterprises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Local entrepreneurs at the just ended 15th US-Africa business summit that was held at Royal Aria Convention Centre in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises\" \/>\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=\"2023-07-22T06:30:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689987128.016282.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1128\" \/>\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\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"US-Africa summit supercharges local enterprises\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-22T06:30:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises\"},\"wordCount\":440,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689987128.016282.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/us-africa-summit-supercharges-local-enterprises\",\"name\":\"US-Africa summit supercharges local enterprises - 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