Africa-Press – Lesotho. Lesotho Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industries and other stakeholders gathered business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in Mokhotlong to witness and be part of the National Tour Trade Fair launch on Friday.
The tour was witnessed by a number of financial service providers such as Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA), Lesotho Post Bank, Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB), Nedbank Lesotho, First National Bank (FNB), Vodacom Lesotho (VCL), Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) as a security service provider.
LCCI Marketing Officer Paballo Mohapi informed that the workshop was intended to ascertain and strengthen the businesses that were badly affected by Covid-19, those that failed to rise after they collapsed and those that are still struggling.
She noted that their intention is to inform business personnel about business opportunities existing in the country, adding that businesses in the rural areas are not exposed to the opportunities because the focus has been more in Maseru.
“After the intensive lockdown in the urban areas especially Maseru, we sensitized business personnel on how to progress with their businesses, how to tackle challenges and new means of carrying out their business by developing and expanding them.
Also the new ways that promote and develop business activities, internal as well as external investment promotion and mobilization of resources to nurture and support export oriented industrial development in Lesotho.
We consider any matter connected directly and indirectly with the general economic development of Lesotho by taking an action,” Mohapi highlighted. She pointed that their other aim is to inform businesses about licensing and registration law and legal reforms that were changed without their knowledge, hence bringing them to light of such changes.
According to Mohapi, LCCI will, going forward, invite this delegation to move around all Lesotho’s districts particularly in the rural, she said their mandate is to address all economic, social and political issues affecting the business community.
She also noted that they serve and promote the interests of Lesotho business community by playing a leading role in the socio-economic development aspects of the country.
“We engaged our stakeholders in the tour for transparency of businesses and our members include, incorporated medium to large enterprises, manufactures financial institutions, multinational organizations and professional companies, societies or associations whose objectives fully or in part are similar to those of the LCCI,” she added.
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