The Botswana High Commissioner to Nigeria, Miss Philda Nani Kereng, is pushing for increase bilateral trades between the two countries.
She commended the Nigerian governments for doing so much for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Kereng, who spoke on Monday in Abuja on the occasion of her country’s 58 Independence anniversary, said: ” Currently, the trade between both countries are secondary and still very small. There’s not much that we are doing together in terms of volumes of imports and exports, but we are here to cultivate what we have seen a big potential.”
The envoy said that Botswana has special regard for Nigeria.“This is a country where we have seen a lot of progress in terms of enterprise, trade, the spirit of enterprise of Nigerians. These people, when they want to do business, they go all out. They hit all milestones and they go against every odds so that they can achieve their intentions.
We have seen and learned from Nigerians that the mindset of business is something that Botswana wants to learn from. Our people, the government does so much to support small enterprises, micro enterprises, businesses, young people, women and so forth.
But we want to connect more so that we can learn from you how you do this business, how you venture out in the global space, technology application in trade markets and venturing out into the globe.
The envoy said her people want to learn the entrepreneurial and resilience spirit that makes Nigeians excell where they go.
She said: “Nigeria for us is a very, very critical partner. We have had relationship with Nigeria for a long time, but this time we want active projects, tangible projects, tangible business collaborations that will see our people trading together, that will see our government trading together, that will see us joining together to lead the rising of the African continent because of the strength that both countries have.”