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    • Botswana: AfDB’s support to Lobatse Clay Works
    • Botswana: AfDB’s support to Delta Automotive Technologies Botswana (Pty) Ltd
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    • Delta Automotive's skilled workforce crafts precision wiring harnesses that power Volkswagen and Nissan vehicles, showcasing Botswana's growing footprint in global automotive manufacturing
    • Delta Automotive makes wiring harnesses primarily for Volkswagen and Nissan vehicles
    • A skilled technician at Delta Automotive Technologies carefully positions a freshly manufactured wire roll onto the storage rack, preparing it for the next critical phase in the wiring harness production process
    • A Delta Automotive Technologies representative demonstrates a complete wire harness set and explains its functionality
    • Delta Automotive technician perfects critical wire Harness destined for South African auto assembly lines
    • One of the female workers at Delta Automotive Technologies knitting wires together
    • Some female workers at Delta Automotive Technologies carefully knitting wires together
    • A worker at the Delta Automotive plant carefully knits wires together
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Wiring Africa's industrial future: African Development Bank’s helping to spur Botswana's automotive revolution

Across sprawling factory floors, hundreds of skilled hands meticulously assemble intricate wiring harnesses - components that will eventually power Volkswagen and Nissan vehicles across Africa and beyond

The Botswanan town of Lobatse, some 70 km south of Gaborone, has been transformed into a vibrant manufacturing centre. Across sprawling factory floors, hundreds of skilled hands meticulously assemble intricate wiring harnesses - components that will eventually power Volkswagen and Nissan vehicles across Africa and beyond. In the automotive industry, wire…