Surat: The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) has invited President of Botswana, Advocate Duma Gideon Boko and the cabinet minister of Botswana will be visiting the SGCCI Global Village 2026 event to be held in the diamond city of Surat from January 24 to January 26, 2026.
It is worth mentioning here that during the November visit, a meeting was held with the delegation including the President of SGCCI Nikhil Madrasi, at the Office of the President of Botswana, in which the President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko and the Minister of Trade and Industry, Principal Secretary to the President, Botswana’s High Commissioner to India, CEO of BITC were present.
Madrasi extended an invitation to the President and the Cabinet of Botswana to the SGCCI Global Village 2026 to be held by the Chamber of Commerce in Surat from 24 to 26 January 2026. They have gladly accepted it. His visit to Surat has been confirmed and accordingly, he will meet the Minister of Energy of Botswana as well as the Ambassador
and high officials of Botswana in India on Wednesday. The President’s visit to Surat was finalised after a meeting with the Chamber’s office bearers on 17 December.
During the visit to Botswana, the SGCCI also presented a proposal for twin cities, in which areas such as urban development, technology and talent exchange, medical tourism, exchange programmes for education and students, and regular exchange of business delegations and exhibitions were discussed.
Responding positively to this proposal, an agreement for twin cities between Surat and Gaborone is expected to be signed during the President of Botswana’s visit to Surat. Thus, the SGCCI is emerging as a leading institution in building new economic cooperation and closer relations between Gujarat and Botswana. Recently, the Vice President of Zimbabwe visited Surat at the invitation of the SGCCI.
