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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Vodacom Lesotho this week awarded prizes for their Local Brands and Threads campaign aimed at growing and promoting local clothing brands. The grand prize winner was awarded M50 000 plus 20 gigabytes of monthly business internet data for two years plus a business workshop.<\/p>\n

In Top 5 were Sotho Leo, Sqo Syndicate, Joachim, Tape Wear and Nobodies Clothing out of 31 participating brands. Speaking at the event, Campaign Manager Sekonyela Matamane said the campaign was targeted at helping small business owners transform the way they are currently running their businesses.<\/p>\n

The other aim was to help and encourage small business owners to work remotely and surpass their goals from anywhere by providing them appropriate tools.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. Vodacom Lesotho this week awarded prizes for their Local Brands and Threads campaign aimed at growing and promoting local clothing brands. The grand prize winner was awarded M50 000 plus 20 gigabytes of monthly business internet data for two years plus a business workshop. 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