Through its critical role within Botswana’s economy, BITC also encourages and nourishes domestic investment and expansions, promotes locally manufactured goods to regional and international markets, contributes towards improvement of the investment climate through policy advocacy, increases citizen participation in the economy and seeks to create sustainable job opportunities. BITC seeks to be the apex Investment and Trade Promotion Agency (ITPA) driving the transformation of Botswana into a globally recognised trade and investment destination.

Our Mission is to innovatively attract investment and facilitate export to stimulate economic diversification and job creation in the country by promoting Botswana as a place to visit, live and invest.

Attracting Investment into Botswana

In an effort to become a leading highperformance Investment Promotion Agency, our focus on investment promotion is leveraged on research to identify and profile growth sectors, and to create strategic go-to market value propositions that will attract investors to the country. We place great emphasis on pre-existing strategic national priorities that are focused on delivering economic growth, development and diversification. These include:

• Mining & Energy – Beneficiation
• Agriculture and Agro-processing
• Education
• Transport and Logistics
• Financial & Business Services
• Tourism
• Manufacturing
• Information & Communication Technology

Effective Stakeholder Engagement, Involvement and Alignment

Botswana Investment and Trade Centre prides itself in having proactive and continuous collaboration with key stakeholders at the forefront of corporate strategy. This includes partnership with Botswana Foreign Missions in the region and abroad which greatly expands the county’s footprint into international markets. This provides a platform through which businesses, beneficial partnerships and industry associations can be identified by providing a point of information exchange for both international and domestic investors. Local stakeholders are key to enabling BITC’s domestic investment efforts and have continuously supported the organisation in achieving that.

Botswana Investment and Trade Centre continues to support businesses through various programmes: Export Development Programme, Botswana Trade Portal, Botswana One Stop Service Centre and the Nation Brand’s.