Botswana News » Central News Botswana » Central » Economy: Can Better Data Help Botswana Build a Stronger and More Inclusive Digital Creative Economy?
Botswana’s first digital creative-sector mapping aims to identify skills, finance, technology and market barriers facing artists and creative entrepreneurs. Its impact will depend on whether ...
News Botswana » Central » Economy: Botswana Economic Update - Seizing the Moment: How Botswana Can Turn Crisis into Opportunity
Botswana’s economy contracted by 2.8% in 2024 and a further 0.7% in 2025, reflecting the combined impact of weaker diamond revenues, widening fiscal pressures, and limited progress in economic ...
News Botswana » Central » Economy: African perspectives: Botswana sets out 186-project blueprint in bid to double economy by 2036
Botswana has unveiled the full architecture of its Botswana Economic Transformation Programme, a structured national effort to nearly double the size of the economy and achieve high-income country ...
News Botswana » Central » Economy: S&P slashes Botswana’s rating status as diamond slump strains economy and fiscus
S&P Global Ratings has downgraded Botswana’s sovereign credit rating, warning that prolonged weakness in the global diamond market is placing mounting pressure on the country’s fiscal outlook, ...
News Botswana » Central » Economy: Botswana: Diamond oversupply imperils country’s economy
Botswana is the world’s second-largest diamond producer after Russia, and relies on the gems for about a third of its GDP. The southern African country held 12 million carats at the end of December, ...
News Botswana » Central » Economy: Botswana economy suffers steep contraction in Q2 on diamond sector woes
Sept 26 (Reuters) - Botswana's economic output fell sharply in the second quarter, reflecting a steep decline in output from its key diamond industry, data from the statistics agency showed on Friday.