Botswana: Business Skills Market Gaps Hinder Weavers

Maun — Limited business skills and lack of market access have been identified as some of the challenges that hinder basket weavers’ cooperatives in the Northwest from running successful enterprises.

This transpired at the just-ended two-day workshop on innovative product training and fair trade accreditation for members of cooperatives from the villages of Shorobe, Matsaudi, and Nxaraga.

The workshop was organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the…