Manufacturing small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) are unlikely to be a major driver of economic growth through year 2021, unless some measures are taken to grow manufacturing SMMEs (The Business Monitor International 2014:20).

Growth and sustenance of manufacturing SMMEs is imperative to economic development of economies, Botswana in particular.

Manufacturing SMMEs can immensely contribute towards employment creation, poverty eradication and economic diversification (Nkwe 2012). Furthermore, if run well, manufacturing SMMEs can increase the GDP of Botswana.

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