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Dec 2023
30m 42s

Episode 102: Selling the Botswana Story

Rapaport
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Nicholas Moltke of Botswanamark chats with Rapaport’s Joshua Freedman about why he founded the brand, which offers US consumers diamonds from the African country. He also explains why now is a good time to launch this venture, despite market weakness. 

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