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BCDC Soft Launch & Masterclass | Shaping Botswana's Fashion-Led Creative Economy

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BCDC Soft Launch & Masterclass | Shaping Botswana's Fashion-Led Creative Economy. A programme from BC DESIGN CENTRE, curated to the Foresight & Big Ideas desk of the Intellectual channel, filed to Botswana.

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