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Regional strategies live or die on the people mandated to execute them, and the 3rd Africa Blue Economy Week, held in Luanda from 22 to 25 July, put two of the most relevant institutional figures for SADC's blue economy agenda squarely in front of the region:...
Selling well is no longer enough. The shocks of 2026 are teaching Botswana’s business-owner class that the durable advantage is in thinking like a strategist, not only a seller.
Botswana’s Trade Commission named a new board in mid-April 2026 to steer trade policy and lift export competitiveness amid a push to diversify beyond diamonds.
At a Harare breakfast, the Women in Agriculture Union urged women to control agriculture value chains, citing a farm hub, a fund and a microfinance bank.
The advantages that once belonged to incumbents – distribution, reach, scale – are loosening. Digital tools and regional trade are handing younger founders a different starting line.
When the rules change and deals get done, someone has to read the fine print. Botswana’s legal, tax and advisory firms are quietly becoming the rebound’s busiest hands.
As trade disruptions ripple through global supply chains, the case for making things in Botswana grows stronger – and local manufacturers gain ground they have long argued for.
After S&P downgraded Botswana and warned the diamond sector faces global headwinds, the country’s commodity negotiators carry a heavier load – resource diplomacy now demands tougher bargaining.
After a sovereign downgrade and tighter budgets, cash-flow discipline moved from the finance office to the boardroom, and the financial strategists who master it are setting themselves apart.