News Botswana Economy: De Beers Deal Is Boon for Botswana’s Economy, President Says
(Bloomberg) -- A new deal Botswana signed this month with De Beers will give it access to more diamonds and help it secure 10 billion pula ($762 million) in development funding, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said in an interview. Most Read from BloombergDollar’s Busted Bull Run Has Doomsayers Calling End of an EraIsrael Quietly Embeds AI Systems in Deadly Military OperationsUS Homeowners Are Tapping $9 Trillion in Real Estate WealthHistory Says It’s Time to Buy Long-Term Bonds as Peak Rates NearOi
News Botswana Economy: Exclusive: Botswana plans extra diamond sales route after De Beers deal
Botswana's state diamond company is planning to diversify how it sells precious stones to the market as it gears up to receive far more supply under a multi-year deal the country struck with producer De Beers in July.
News Botswana Economy: Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors Botswana 2021
Request webinar World Bank. (May 10, 2023). Botswana: Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors from 2011 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 07, 2023 ...
News Botswana Economy: Botswana, Africa50 sign share subscription agreement
GABORONE Dec 21 Xinhua -- The Botswana government and Africa50 the pan-African infrastructure investment platform signed a share subscription agreement am
News Botswana Economy: Year 2022 in retrospect and economic outlook for 2023
The annual inflation rate rose from 60,61% in January 2022 to 191,6% in June and 268,8% in October and slowed down to 255% in November, the highest annual inflation rate in the world (Sudan’s October ...
News Botswana Economy: Zimbabwe ranked one of the most 12 advanced countries in Africa
ZIMBABWE has been ranked one of the 12 most advanced countries in Africa on 11th position, due to its gross income from the informal sector which sustains ...
News Botswana Economy: Geingob heads to Botswana
PRESIDENT Hage Geingob will tomorrow leave for Botswana to attend a bi-national commission (BNC) with his counterpart, Mokgweetsi Masisi.
News Botswana Economy: Botswana calls on Western economic sanctions on Zimbabwe to go
That is why Botswana continues to call for the removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe. These sanctions must go. They must go forever. They are also sanctions against Botswana. If Zimbabwe is sanctioned ...
News Botswana Economy: Little-known Botswana opposition backs Western economic sanctions on Zimbabwe
HARARE – Opposition Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has slammed President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s blind calls for [...] ...
News Botswana Economy: Botswana has double-digit economic growth on the cards
The real GDP growth in Q3 2021 mainly reflects stronger output in the diamond and wholesale and retail industries. Meanwhile, mining and quarrying (+29.8%) rose markedly on the back of higher diamond ...
News Botswana Economy: Households spending to drive economic recovery
A surge in consumer spending is expected to be a key driver of Botswana’s economic recovery, according to recent projections by Fitch Solutions. Fitch Solutions said it forecasts household spending in ...
News Botswana Economy: Botswana GDP in upward trajectory as economy recovers
Botswana economy is registering growth as the country emerges from one of its worsts economic recessions since independence, following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. In late December 2021 ...
