The Ministry of Trade and Industry (Botswana) in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) and Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa (ECA SRO-SA) will organise, back to back, a Media Sensitization and Capacity Building session on the AfCFTA and a National Consultative Forum on the development of the AfCFTA National Implementation Strategy for Botswana on 24th and 25th October 2023, respectively, at the Phakalane Golf Estate Hotel & Convention Centre) in Gaborone, Botswana.

The sensitization and capacity building workshop will endeavour to enhance the technical ability of the media in Botswana to report on the goings on the AfCFTA at both national and continental levels including how on national stakeholders can optimally benefit from the Agreement. The Forum will consult national stakeholders for their views and recommendations to inform the drafting of Botswana’s National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy and Action Plan.

For Media enquiries:

Mr. Bedson Nyoni
Senior Information Management Assistant
Economic Commission for Africa
Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA)
Email : nyonib@un.org

Mr Johannes Visagie
Public Relations Officer
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Mobile : +267 76 002 834
Email : jvisagie@gov.bw / visagiejohannesk@gmail.com