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04MASERU312
2004-05-24 16:09:00
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Embassy Maseru
Cable title:
U.S.-SACU TRADE PROMOTION ROUNDTABLE: SUGGESTED INVITEES
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UNCLAS MASERU 000312
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD LT USTR
SUBJECT: U.S.-SACU TRADE PROMOTION ROUNDTABLE: SUGGESTED INVITEES
FROM LESOTHO
REF: STATE 113642
Post suggests the following individuals as potential sponsored
delegates to the subject roundtable in Atlanta. This
information has also been e-mailed directly to Ms. Wilkes at
BCIU.
A. Mr. Koena Phafane, Managing Director, Khalapa Consultants
Mr. Phafane runs a consulting company that assists clients with
project appraisal and compilation of business plans. He is the
Deputy President of the Lesotho Chamber of Commerce and Industry
responsible for International Affairs. He is a former civil
servant, and has worked as Principal Secretary for Trade and as
Managing Director of the Basotho Enterprises Development
Corporation.
B. Miss Lindiwe Sephomolo, Legal Advisor, Association of Lesotho
Employers
Miss Sephomolo is the Deputy Executive Director of the
Association of Lesotho Employers and a lawyer by profession.
The association assists its members with services including
license procurement, legal representation and wage negotiations.
C. Mrs. Catherine Boch, Managing Director, CeeBee Clothing
Mrs. Boch is Managing Director of a textile factory that employs
300 and produces jeans, chinos and various types of trousers for
chain stores in South Africa. She participated in the 2002 AGOA
Professional Internship Program in the United States. She has
since supported the Embassy in outreach programs on expanding
Lesotho's export portfolio under AGOA.
D. Mr. Nkopane Monyane, Group Regional Manager, Precious
Garments and P & T Garments
Mr. Monyane is regional manager for Precious Garments, a
Taiwanese firm that employs 4000 and exports knit clothing to
the United States under AGOA. The group has recently opened a
second factory with 2,500 employees in Mafeteng, eighty miles
south of the capital, Maseru. Before joining the group, Mr.
Monyane was Managing Director of Lesotho Bank, a state bank that
was privatized in 1999.
E. Mrs. Lerato Majara, Manager, KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Mrs. Majara has managed the franchise in Lesotho for more than
ten years. It has two branches in the capital, Maseru, and
plans are underway to open another one in Ladybrand, a South
African town across the border from Maseru.
F. Mr. Letuka Sephelane, Chief Executive, Lesotho Tourism
Development Corporation
Mr. Sephelane has recently been appointed to head a
newly-established corporation whose mandate is to coordinate
tourism development in the country. He has previously served as
Financial Manager with the Lesotho National Development
Corporation.
G. Mr. Edward Moqhali, Managing Director, VODACOM Lesotho
VODACOM Lesotho is the first company to introduce cellular
service in Lesotho. It was formed as a partnership between
VODACOM South Africa and the former state enterprise, Lesotho
Telecommunications Corporation, LTC. The shares owned by LTC
have since been sold to a local investment group. Before
heading VODACOM Lesotho, Mr. Moqhali was an engineer with the
LTC.
LOFTIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD LT USTR
SUBJECT: U.S.-SACU TRADE PROMOTION ROUNDTABLE: SUGGESTED INVITEES
FROM LESOTHO
REF: STATE 113642
Post suggests the following individuals as potential sponsored
delegates to the subject roundtable in Atlanta. This
information has also been e-mailed directly to Ms. Wilkes at
BCIU.
A. Mr. Koena Phafane, Managing Director, Khalapa Consultants
Mr. Phafane runs a consulting company that assists clients with
project appraisal and compilation of business plans. He is the
Deputy President of the Lesotho Chamber of Commerce and Industry
responsible for International Affairs. He is a former civil
servant, and has worked as Principal Secretary for Trade and as
Managing Director of the Basotho Enterprises Development
Corporation.
B. Miss Lindiwe Sephomolo, Legal Advisor, Association of Lesotho
Employers
Miss Sephomolo is the Deputy Executive Director of the
Association of Lesotho Employers and a lawyer by profession.
The association assists its members with services including
license procurement, legal representation and wage negotiations.
C. Mrs. Catherine Boch, Managing Director, CeeBee Clothing
Mrs. Boch is Managing Director of a textile factory that employs
300 and produces jeans, chinos and various types of trousers for
chain stores in South Africa. She participated in the 2002 AGOA
Professional Internship Program in the United States. She has
since supported the Embassy in outreach programs on expanding
Lesotho's export portfolio under AGOA.
D. Mr. Nkopane Monyane, Group Regional Manager, Precious
Garments and P & T Garments
Mr. Monyane is regional manager for Precious Garments, a
Taiwanese firm that employs 4000 and exports knit clothing to
the United States under AGOA. The group has recently opened a
second factory with 2,500 employees in Mafeteng, eighty miles
south of the capital, Maseru. Before joining the group, Mr.
Monyane was Managing Director of Lesotho Bank, a state bank that
was privatized in 1999.
E. Mrs. Lerato Majara, Manager, KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Mrs. Majara has managed the franchise in Lesotho for more than
ten years. It has two branches in the capital, Maseru, and
plans are underway to open another one in Ladybrand, a South
African town across the border from Maseru.
F. Mr. Letuka Sephelane, Chief Executive, Lesotho Tourism
Development Corporation
Mr. Sephelane has recently been appointed to head a
newly-established corporation whose mandate is to coordinate
tourism development in the country. He has previously served as
Financial Manager with the Lesotho National Development
Corporation.
G. Mr. Edward Moqhali, Managing Director, VODACOM Lesotho
VODACOM Lesotho is the first company to introduce cellular
service in Lesotho. It was formed as a partnership between
VODACOM South Africa and the former state enterprise, Lesotho
Telecommunications Corporation, LTC. The shares owned by LTC
have since been sold to a local investment group. Before
heading VODACOM Lesotho, Mr. Moqhali was an engineer with the
LTC.
LOFTIS