Botswana–Oman Deals Span Minerals, Oil Storage and Solar
A landlocked country in the centre of southern Africa and a sultanate on the edge of the Arabian Sea share little geography and less history. What they increasingly share is a problem of the same shape: each is trying to convert a finite resource endowment into a more...
Joint Labs: The Quiet Infrastructure China Is Building Without Concrete
Intellectual - Foresight & Big Ideas · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 The visible China-Africa story is poured in concrete: ports, rail, power. The more durable story may be the one you cannot photograph. According to China's...
Farming as industry
Farming - Agri-Finance · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 Food is treated as a social concern right up until it becomes a security one. Every shortage, price spike, and supply scare delivers the same correction: agriculture is a strategic...
Climate-smart funding
Farming - Agribusiness & Value Chains · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 Climate finance is abundant in speeches and scarce in practice, and the gap between the two is a single word: bankable. Global lenders, increasingly cautious as...
Flora of Kenya: How an Orchid Atlas Became a Knowledge-Economy Test
Intellectual - Foresight & Big Ideas · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 It is easy to read China-Kenya science cooperation as infrastructure by other means, and easy to be wrong. The headline output of mid-2025 is not a road or a port...
Dormant University Hotel Gets a Second Life from Private Capital
Sky Clouds (Pty) Ltd has signed a March 2026 lease to refurbish the University of Botswana’s 80-room hotel and 15 conference rooms, injecting over P4 million.
Botswana’s Digital Ambition: From Fibre to Cyber Security
Communications Minister David Tshere unveiled the ICT Roadmap 2030 in March 2026, targeting 100,000 ICT jobs, broadband expansion and new digital and cyber-security laws.
Local Councils Battle Centralisation of Liquor Licensing
Kanye district councillors opposed March 2026 government plans to centralise liquor licensing and allow online permits, fearing lost local control and longer trading hours.
Labour Justice Gets a Digital Makeover — but Backlog Remains
A March 2026 budget outlined a Judicial Case Management unit – four judges, digital systems – to clear backlogged labour cases that still take about two years to resolve.
Inflation Ticks Up but Stays Within Target
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.
Chobe Connect: Turning a Tourist Town into a Cross-Border Logistics Hub
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.
Union Loses Fight to Delay Bargaining Council Reforms
The High Court dismissed a union’s urgent bid to block Andrew Motsamai’s appointment as Public Service Bargaining Council secretary, letting government reforms proceed.
Debswana Visionary Takes Helm of Innovation Hub
The BDIH board has appointed Kabo Phetlhu, architect of Debswana’s Future Smart Mine strategy, to drive Botswana’s digital innovation ecosystem.
Steady Rate, Unsteady Future: BoB Holds at 3.5%
Botswana’s Monetary Policy Committee held the policy rate at 3.5% in February 2026, with inflation inside the 3 to 6% target and growth forecast at 3.1%, led by non-mining sectors.
Mega-Road Contract Promises Connectivity — and Conflict
A P558.2 million contract went to SteelBase Construction in February 2026 for a 60 km road in southern Botswana; residents welcomed the jobs but raised relocation and compensation concerns.
Kazungula Bridge Authority Finally Gets Off the Ground
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.
Budget Blues: Botswana’s Plan to Replace Diamond Dependence
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 Seeks Russian Capital for Rare Earths and Gems
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.
Unwanted Treasure: Diamond Stockpile Swells to 12 Million Carats
By January 2026 weak prices had left Botswana sitting on 12 million carats it could not profitably sell, turning a national asset into tied-up capital and deferred revenue.
Cabanga Africa Group Unifies Its Continental Voice Under the Cabanga.Africa Platform
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