LEA and PPC: LEA and PPC Botswana (PPC) partnered for the delivery of a Local Economic Development (LED) Program for enterprises in brick moulding business activity within the construction industry. The LED program is designed to grow and support local businesses to ensure that there is significant citizen participation in the construction and retail sector as well as contributing towards sustainable employment creation. The LED program participant businesses will be enrolled in business and capacity development programs offered by LEA, which will entail generic and tailor-made business advisory interventions that will enhance their skills and enable them to produce high quality products. The partnership is also intended to facilitate funding, market access and testing of products and certification for quality assurance and compliance with the relevant industry standards.

LEA and BIHL Group: Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) and BIHL Group partnered and launched a Financial Literacy programme targeting micro-entrepreneurs who are Youth, Women and Members of the Disabled Community. The programme is targeted for LEA to offer blended training model (virtual and physical) comprising four (4) areas of competency development interventions which covers 11 topics needed by SMMEs particularly to benefit micro enterprises country wide. The modules comprised of Choice and use of financial services; Financial and business management and planning; Risk and insurance as well as Financial landscape.
The four selected areas of competence cover three dimensions of financial literacy for SMMEs being: Awareness, knowledge and understanding; Skills and behaviour as well as Attitudes. The collaboration is intended to provide capacity building resources that will empower, uplift and up-skill deserving micro-enterprises with the know-how, to best manage and grow their businesses.

LEA and DEBSWANA: LEA collaborated with Debswana and Tokafala on market access facilitation where SMMEs would participate in the mines citizen empowerment and supplier development programme; to supply the mines with goods and services. This initiative is expected to boost SMMEs production capacity, create employment and reduce importation of goods and services.

LEA and BNPC: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to protect the LEA workforce and reduce exposure, LEA partnered with BNPC for the provision of Work From Anywhere (AFW) solution; which will fully resource and enable high performance as employees work outside the office to combat the pandemic.

LEA and LUCARA: Centres around entrepreneurship and enterprise development; specifically, provision of capacity building initiatives to support LEA assisted enterprises and LUCARA SME projects. The collaboration focused on offering of appropriate entrepreneurship and business management skills, business advisory, on-site enterprise coaching, as well as mentorship to assist entrepreneurs to start, grow and expand their businesses. Identification of business opportunities for uptake by SMMEs and communities, that have the potential to create employment and contribute towards economic growth and diversification. The two institutions will collectively facilitate resources required to accelerate SMME growth and implement impactful interventions that support business development and support services needed by the SMME sector.

LEA and Absa Bank: The institutions will complement each other’s mandate and collectively focus on entrepreneurial skills development, capacity building interventions and resources needed to advance SMMEs. The focus includes provision of business management skills, coaching and mentorship programmes to benefit both Absa Bank and LEA clients as well as joint research to identify business opportunities that could benefit the SMME sector.

LEA and BAISAGO: Under this partnership, LEA and BA ISAGO University will promote and inculcate entrepreneurship development in Botswana. The two entities commit to cooperate in conducting action-based research, hosting joint entrepreneurship conferences seminars, and platforms; as well as resource mobilization and exchange to contribute towards SMME development and growth.

LEA and BOBS: This joint effort will among others focus on offering appropriate awareness creation among SMMEs to adopt international standards (ISO certification) testing, certification, inspection and equipment calibration when supplying both the local and export markets. The partnership further demonstrates commitment to expose entrepreneurship and business management training on standards and quality assurance. Both LEA and BOBS are also committed to provide support to the SMME sector and facilitate testing of products for specified parameters for quality assurance and compliance with the acquired standards.

LEA and Botho University: collaborated around entrepreneurship and SMME development; and complement each other to support Botho University students and the LEA registered enterprises to start and grow innovative, competitive and sustainable businesses. The parties collectively offer capacity building programmes necessary to support potential and existing SMMEs.

LEA and BIUST: To facilitate commercialization of innovation and technology developed by BIUST students; as well as access to technology and related services at BIUST by LEA clients, including facilities such as laboratories.

Farmers United: They joined forces as a commitment to partner and cooperate in support and encouragement of entrepreneurship and SMME development particularly to enhance the growth of the horticultural sector in Botswana. Under this collaboration LEA and Farmers United will provide capacity development interventions to both LEA clients, Farmers United members, and non-members to improve their competitiveness and sustainability. The parties commit to regular exchange of ideas, proposals, knowledge, and experiences to grow and develop the sector. They will collaborate in research of identified farmers’ needs to propel the horticulture sector in Botswana.

LEA and MYSC: LEA offers Business Development Services and mentorship to Youth Development Fund beneficiaries and facilitate access to expansion capital for viable and performing youth enterprises.

LEA and International Trade Centre: Undertaking of the Botswana Small and Medium Enterprises Competitiveness Survey.

LEA and BUAN: Collaborate in the field of education and entrepreneurship development. The collaboration will also offer skills development in the agriculture and natural resources sector, capacity building and provision of targeted interventions to develop the SMME sector as well as provision of facilities to benefit both LEA and BUAN business objectives.