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Fertiliser and Food Systems Brief

Fertiliser and Food Systems Brief

A Fertiliser and Food Systems Brief gives Botswana agri-business one place to track the price shocks that reach a farm gate long before they reach the headlines.

Botswana Trade Watch

Botswana Trade Watch

Botswana Trade Watch is a recurring report built to track the corridors, WTO signals and global stockpiling that decide whether a landlocked exporter reaches its market.

The Energy Security Guide

The Energy Security Guide

As Botswana pursues energy and mineral deals abroad, business owners need the practical version: a guide to managing fuel, solar and storage risks before the next supply shock arrives.

The Diamond Reset special

The Diamond Reset special

After S&P downgraded Botswana with the diamond sector facing global headwinds, a special edition can do the explaining: ODC contracts, the De Beers stake politics, and lab-grown pressure, in one

State of Botswana Business 2026

State of Botswana Business 2026

A report issue that synthesises budget, ratings, diamonds, oil and trade gives Botswana operators one place to see the whole board. State of Botswana Business 2026 is built as that front door.

The Desert Miracle: Moakanyi Magazine | Vol 06 Issue 01 | June 2026

The Desert Miracle: Moakanyi Magazine | Vol 06 Issue 01 | June 2026

Our June 2026 issue is out. How Duma Boko is re-architecting Botswana - from a diamond-dependent rentier state into a sovereign-equity economy built to rival the Gulf - and what that turn asks of everyone doing business here. Botswana is doing something most resource...