Bank of Botswana Lifts Policy Rate to 3.5% to Calm Credit Markets
For most of the last decade, the complaint about money in Botswana was that it cost almost nothing — and that this was precisely the problem. A policy rate held near the floor signalled an economy being nursed, not one running hot. When the price of money sits that...
Bank of Botswana Lifts Policy Rate to 3.5% to Calm Credit Markets
For most of the last decade, the complaint about money in Botswana was that it cost almost nothing — and that this was precisely the problem. A policy rate held near the floor signalled an economy being nursed, not one running hot. When the price of money sits that...
Magraft.com: One Digital Board for Businesses, Buyers and Creatives across Southern Africa
Cabanga Platforms has opened magraft.com, a creative services platform on which businesses in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe brief and pay the platform rather than the individual creative doing the work. The platform holds the client's funds against the job,...
Setsebi.Africa: One Register for the Companies That Buy Training and Providers across Southern Africa
Cabanga Platforms has opened Setsebi.Africa, a regional register of corporate training practitioners and team-building providers. The platform addresses a problem that is well known inside companies and almost never written about: the training a business needs usually...
Chinyama.com: Botswana Builds a Digital Cattle Board That Unites Farmers, Buyers and Transporters
Cabanga Platforms has opened Chinyama.com, a livestock marketplace for the cattle trade of southern Africa. Whoever holds the animals posts what they have and where it is standing. Whoever wants animals posts what they need and in what condition. Both sides sit on one...
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
CIPA Grants Six-Month Grace on Constitutions and Beneficial Ownership
CIPA extends Botswana’s company-constitution filing deadline to 30 September 2026 and presses beneficial-ownership filing under AML law. What operators should
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.
Insurance against shocks
Conflict, disease and commodity swings hit fuel, food and mining at once – a reminder that for Botswana, insurance against shocks is now a core part of doing business.
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