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Botswana’s Debswana Diamond Company expects to raise diamond production by about 20% this year, a central bank official said on Wednesday, a potential boost to an economy seeking to recover from a ...
News Botswana » Central » Economy: Diamonds may be forever, but Botswana is diversifying to ensure long-term success
Botswana has been one of Africa's greatest economic success stories. Since independence, the country has transformed itself from one of the world's poorest nations into an upper-middle-income economy, ...
News Botswana » Central » Economy: Botswana central bank governor urges structural reforms to diversify economy
Bank of Botswana Governor Lesego Moseki on Wednesday called for urgent structural reforms to diversify the economy and rebuild fiscal buffers, as the country grapples with a protracted downturn in the ...
News Botswana » Central » Economy: Cows, Botswana’s brown diamonds, sparkle in the new economy
Cattle once played a pivotal role in Botswana’s nation building; now the country’s prized bovine herds create a crucial part in helping the country move beyond its economic reliance on diamonds.
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: 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.