Botswana News News Botswana » Economy: Botswana, the country with the biggest diamonds, gets an improved 10-year deal with miner De Beers
GABORONE, Botswana — The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations. The deal gives ...
News Botswana » Economy: Botswana’s economy forecast to shrink as diamond sector slumps
Botswana's economy is forecast to shrink by 0.9% this year, the country's finance minister said, amid a prolonged downturn in the diamond market. Botswana, the world's largest producer of diamonds by ...
News Botswana » Economy: Botswana launches citizenship program to boost economy beyond diamonds
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York NEW YORK (Reuters) -Botswana President Duma Boko said on ...
News Botswana » Economy: Diamond-rich Botswana holds an election with new economic challenges for a long-ruling party
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana votes in a national election this week that will decide if the ruling party extends a 58-year stretch in power in a southern African country that is a leading ...
News Botswana » Economy: Botswana Maps a Digital Future for Its Creative Economy
UNESCO organised a two-day multistakeholder consultation in Gaborone on 25 and 26 August 2026 in partnership with the Ministry of Sport and Arts and the Botswana National Commission for UNESCO.
News Botswana » 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 » Economy: Businessman Mo Dewji eyes fresh investment opportunities in Botswana
Dar es Salaam. Days after returning from Mozambique, MeTL Group president Mohammed Dewji, popularly known as Mo, has turned his attention to new investment opportunities in Botswana as he looks to ...
News Botswana » Economy: New Botswana leader eyes cannabis, sunshine to lift economy
Botswana’s newly elected President Duma Boko annuonced plans to diversify the diamond-dependent economy – Copyright AFP/File ANGELA WEISS Botswana will diversify ...
News Botswana » Economy: Diamond-Dependent Botswana Needs Economic Reset, New Leader Says
Botswana’s government will develop new industries, dismantle the state power utility to foster private investment and increase concessional borrowing as part of a plan to diversify the ...