LOCAL ENTERPRISE AUTHORITY

SI OPERATIONAL REPORT
LEATHER INCUBATOR

JULY - SEPTEMBER 2022

 OVERVIEW OF THE SECTOR

• Current Status of the sector

The manufacturing sector in the country is still at its early stage of development. Most of the products consumed locally are
imported and very few are produced locally. The Country imports goods amounting to P61.9B per year and that’s opportunity cost
for the country in terms of employment creation and skills development. The sector contributes about 5.41% to the GDP which is
very low. The sector has the potential to be the largest employer if advantage is taken to produce part of the products locally
especially in the textile sector.
Clients incubated at Gaborone Leather incubator are start ups and operating at very low capacity and have invested around 350k
which is very little when taking into account the demand of the sector. Skill is lacking when it comes to innovation and creating
products that are unique to our needs, clients tend to produce substitutes which in turn becomes difficult to penetrate or replace the
available products in the market.

• General Challenges
-Availability of raw materials -Small market size -Competition with foreign owned companies
- Restrictive or entry barriers into main stream retailers -Law of skilled manpower -Access to finance
- High rental cost and lack of operational spaces.
Impact of COVID on the sector
-Price hikes -Delays in delivery of order goods -Loss of key personnel -Emotional distress on the personal -Created uncertainty
and unpredictability – Loss of revenue due to lockdowns.
• Opportunities in the sector
-Investing in fast consumable manufacturing – Government posed restriction on importation of certain products -
 OVERVIEW OF THE INCUBATOR AND PORTFOLIO

• ( Leather & Molepolole Incubators) Manufacturing 10 clients.

• 11 Growers.
• Virtual incubated clients: (Leather ) Growers 3, Blockbuster-1
• Overall capacity and current occupancy ( Leather incubator) leather 8 out of a
carrying capacity of 9.
• Number of Technical BCs and /or Specialists supporting the sector: 1
Technology Executive at Leather.
 OVERVIEW OF THE INCUBATOR AND PORTFOLIO

Business Name Product(s) Location Promoter(s) Contact details

ULTRAMAFIC DISPOSABLE MASKS LEA LEATHER INCUBATOR KGATHEGO SEJOE 72454981
Unit 33B
FIBRE EXPERTS FIBRE BATH TUBS LEA LEATHER INCUBATOR GODFREY MOREMI 72236804

BOTOCY CREATIONS TEXTILE & LEATHER LEA LEATHER INCUBATOR BOTHO CHALEBGWA 77147633
PRODUCTS

MINT NECTAR ANIMAL FEEDS LEA LEATHER INCUBATOR UNOLODA LOPANG 72583637

GIFT BY B GIFT WRAPS LEA LEATHER INCUBATOR BAENG MOLEBATSI 75650678

ORGANIC NATURAL SKINCARE PRODUCTS LEA LEATHER INCUBATOR DIDINTLE MOREKI 77878171
SKINCARE

MAKUHA LEATHER LEATHER SCHOOL SHOES LEA LEATHER INCUBATOR DITEBOGO BOIKHUTSO 76264493
PRODUCTS
DATCON ENTERPRISES TEXTILE CLOTHING LEA LEATHER INCUBATOR GUMEDE SITHEMBISO 71920016

PURE ELEGANCE TEXTILE CLOTHING LEA LEATHER INCUBATOR TSHENOLO MOYO 72926420

NB: Both the incubated and virtual clients have recently been taken over by the branch, and so, we are assisting the clients
in collaboration with the branch
 TECHNICAL INTERVENTIONS IMPLEMENTED (July 2022- Sept 2022)

INTERVENTION NUMBER OF CLIENTS BENEFITED IMPACT OF THE INTEVENTION

OF THE CLIENTS (EVIDENCE
BASED)
Give examples where possible.

Product Testing 1 Market access to certain retail shops and the products
meets quality requirements.

QMS systems 1 Establishment of effectiveness and efficiency

Videography & Social media 1 Clients are able to market and promote products
content Management online ,local and international customers.

Trainings (SHE, Fire Marshall & 8 Clients are able to comply with the factories act and
Public Health ) other regulating bodies.

Market Facilitation 1 Makuha leather products have been assisted to open

up a factory shop at Gumare Village.

Technology Transfer 2 The client no longer outsources certain services that

they did not have capability while another client is
supported with leather machinery to produce
grasshopper shoes.

Mentoring & Coaching 8 Business Development and Focus.

Ultramafic Micro Manufacturing 1
Developer

Fibre Experts Micro Manufacturing 2

Developer

Botocy Creations Micro Manufacturing 2

Developer

Mint Nectar Micro Manufacturing 0

Developer

Gift By B Micro Services 1

Developer

Organic Natural Micro Manufacturing 0

skincare Developer

Makuha leather Grower Manufacturing 0

Products

Datcon Enterprise Grower 1

Pure Elegance Grower 0

Total Jobs created 7
in Q2 -
Manufacturing
MONTH LEATHER TURNOVER

July P 197,522.70

August P 189,499.00

September P 170, 567.00

TOTAL P 557, 588.70