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Definition Black Economic Empowerment in British English

Black Economic Empowerment noun

[uncountable] noun
/blæk iːkəˌnɒmɪk ɪmˈpaʊə(r)mənt/
1

in southern Africa, a programme of actions to allow people who were disadvantaged under undemocratic governments to take part fully in the country's economy

Example

We visited one of the first Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) projects in Stellenbosch.

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Definition Black Economic Empowerment in British English