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On-the-ground business intelligence in Botswana and Lesotho, since July 2019.
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African businesses are facing a dual challenge: global worker disengagement and a need for leadership models that resonate locally. In 2024 Gallup estimated that just 23 percent of employees worldwide are engaged at work, while 62 percent are not engaged and another...
President Duma Boko’s April 2026 visit to Muscat secured deals on joint mineral exploration, oil storage and renewable power, part of a deliberate push beyond diamonds.
UK-listed Aterian plc began a 90 km2 soil geochemistry survey over its Namib licences in Botswana’s Kalahari Copperbelt in April 2026, ahead of larger-scale drilling.
Cheetah Cement announced a 19-hectare dry-process plant in April 2026, using fly-ash and nickel slag to make 800,000 tonnes a year, cutting imports and creating about 515 jobs.
The Bank of Botswana reported headline inflation rose from 4.0% to 4.2% in March 2026, driven by higher transport and food costs, but still comfortably inside the target band.
Kasane has long been a place tourists pass through rather than build in. Chobe Connect, a March 2026 investor conference, sets out to change that.
Botswana and Zambia signed a February 2026 addendum to establish the Kazungula Bridge Authority, hosted on Botswana’s side, to run the bridge and its one-stop border post.
Botswana’s February 2026 budget projects 3.1% growth while warning debt could pass 40% of GDP as diamond revenues fall – and asks the private sector to carry diversification.
Botswana announced in January 2026 that it will open an embassy in Moscow and invite Russian investors into rare earths and diamonds, widening its roster of partners.