Child-Support Grant Launches as Kgatleng Preps Road Projects
A social grant is only as good as the system that delivers it. The promise of support means little if the money arrives late, lands in the wrong hands, or cannot be reconciled against a verifiable register. That tension — between the intent of a welfare programme and...
Boko Breaks Ground on the 500MW Maun Solar Plant to Green the Delta
Botswana sells the world a clean image of wild places — the Okavango Delta, Chobe, the channels and floodplains that anchor a premium tourism economy — while running much of its grid on coal. That contradiction has long sat quietly behind the country's energy mix. On...
Eyes on 410 Million Kg: Zimbabwe Positions Its Tobacco Crop Against Brazil, Tanzania and India
Global tobacco demand is not collapsing the way the headlines about declining smoking rates might suggest; it is shifting, and the supply to meet it is being fought over by a handful of serious producing nations. Brazil, Tanzania and India are scaling to capture that...
Child-Support Grant Launches as Kgatleng Preps Road Projects
A social grant is only as good as the system that delivers it. The promise of support means little if the money arrives late, lands in the wrong hands, or cannot be reconciled against a verifiable register. That tension — between the intent of a welfare programme and...
From Informal to Formal: Gold-Mobilisation Workshops Lift Artisanal Deliveries in Zimbabwe
For years the paradox of Zimbabwe's gold sector has been visible in plain sight: artisanal and small-scale miners produce a large share of the country's bullion, yet much of that metal once leaked across borders into informal channels, depriving the fiscus of foreign...
Child-Support Grant Launches as Kgatleng Preps Road Projects
Kgatleng registered 349 child-support beneficiaries paid via the Social Benefits Payment and Reconciliation System from April 2026, as the district preps roads.
BDC to Inject P1.39bn Across Strategic Sectors
Botswana Development Corporation will deploy P1.39bn over two years across agriculture, health, manufacturing, energy, finance and tech. The strategy and the
Bank of Botswana Lifts Policy Rate to 3.5% to Calm Credit Markets
The Bank of Botswana’s policy rate rose from 1.9% to 3.5% in 2025, with prime at 7.19%, amid diamond-driven liquidity strain. What the move means for borrowers
Central Bank Sets 30 April for Next Rate Decision
The Bank of Botswana confirmed its Monetary Policy Committee will next meet on 30 April 2026 to review the policy rate, held at 3.5%.
Bank of Botswana Holds Rate at 3.5% as Inflation Risks Loom
The Bank of Botswana held its policy rate at 3.5% on 26 Feb 2026 for a second meeting, flagging electricity-tariff and foot-and-mouth disease inflation risks.
Budget Forecasts 3.1% Growth but Deficit and Debt Breach Loom
Botswana’s Feb 2026 budget projects 3.1% growth alongside a P26.35bn deficit (8.9% of GDP) and debt near the 40% ceiling. What the numbers mean for operators.
Board-level treasury
The World Bank cut its global growth outlook and warned of a sharper drop if conflict spreads. In that volatility, treasury management has moved from back office to boardroom.
Household affordability
Botswana’s budget projects an economic rebound this year. Inflation risk is the variable that decides whether households actually feel it in their discretionary spending.
AI investment finance
AI demand kept global electronics trade moving through a volatile year. The financing question for Botswana is whether it funds the chips or the things they make possible.
Food-price working capital
Food and fertiliser prices keep moving, and every swing forces firms to finance inventory they did not budget for. For Botswana’s food chain, working capital is the quiet cost of volatility.
Cost of capital in construction
Botswana signed energy and mineral exploration deals with Oman just as financing costs climbed worldwide. The ambition is real; the cost of capital decides which projects survive it.
Banking for exporters
World trade rose in April even as tariff threats multiplied. For Botswana exporters, the lesson is less about the rebound than about the banking that survives the next shock.
Diamond-sector receivables
Rough-diamond price swings ripple through cash conversion for cutters, traders and suppliers – and after an S&P downgrade, Botswana’s receivables sit in the path of global headwinds.
Ratings and tender pricing
A credit downgrade does not stay on paper – it raises the price of government-backed projects, and Botswana’s tender costs move with its rating.
Capital follows energy
Renewable, oil-storage and grid projects are pulling strategic capital, and Botswana’s energy and mineral deals with Oman show how investment now follows the power supply.
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