BY DELISA THWALA
MBABANE – Best known for its lucrative diamond mines and spectacular Kalahari safaris, Botswana will briefly take on a new role as the African hub for US investment on the continent this week.
More than 1,000 African and American business leaders and government officials are expected to descend on the landlocked nation of fewer than three million people from July 11-4 for this year’s US-Africa Business Summit.
His Excellency Prime Minister, Cleopas Sipho Dlamini, left the country for Botswana yesterday afternoon where he will represent His Majesty King Mswati III and the Nation at the 15th U.S-Africa Business Summit of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA).
This information was revealed by Government Spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo, yesterday through a public statement posted on their social media platforms mainly Facebook.
The Summit, which began yesterday ,and ends on Friday, 14 July2023, is being held at the Royal Aria in Gaborone, Botswana, under the theme: “Enhancing Africa’s Value in Global Value Chains.
Dlamini is expected to headline a High-level Dialogue on Enhancing Africa’s Value in Digital and Cyber Services Value Chains and a Roundtable on ICT – Challenges and Opportunities for the Digitalization Agenda, to be held later today.
The Summit will bring together more than 1,000 U.S. and African private sector executives, international investors, senior government and multilateral stakeholders.
Their objective is to enable connectivity with government and private sector decision makers over the course of four days and to deliver the insights that business owners need to move their organisation forward.
Meanwhile, For Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, the summit is an opportunity to unravel potential.
“This is a unique opportunity to highlight Botswana’s as well as Africa’s unparalleled potential to advance trade and investment to the benefit of the people of Africa and the US,” he said.
