Botswana central bank holds policy rate, sees steady inflation
25 February 2024 Botswana’s central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at 2.40% in a decision announced on Thursday, and…
25 February 2024 Botswana’s central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at 2.40% in a decision announced on Thursday, and…
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 – Exports of copper and nickel reached P3.9 billion last year, more than three times their level…
GABORONE, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Rough diamonds sales by Debswana Diamond Company jumped 37.5% in the first nine months of…
GABORONE, June 17 (Xinhua) — Bank of Botswana (BoB)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to increase the monetary policy rate,…
The Botswana government fiscal position showed positive signs in April as foreign exchange reserves reflected growth, adding an extra billion…
The Government’s investment account, which was at one stage at a record low, is making a dramatic back, nearly tripling…
Botswana’s economy is forecast to grow by 8.8% in 2021, an official said Tuesday. The improvement is premised on conducive…
Exports of rough diamonds mined by the Debswana Diamond Company fell 30% in 2020, statistics released by the Bank of…
The Pula appreciated by 0.9% against the South African Rand and depreciated by 1.2% against the IMF Special Drawing Rights…
Botswana is still considered a favourable investment destination despite the economic risks brought by the COVID – 19 pandemic, a…
Botswana’s National Assembly on Wednesday endorsed the doubling of the southern African country’s domestic borrowing to 30 billion pula (about…
Standard and Poor’s (S&P Global Ratings) has affirmed Botswana’s 2018 sovereign credit ratings of ‘A-’ and ‘A-2’ for long and…
Hot on the heels of an article we ran last week titled “IMF calls on Botswana to tighten banking laws,”…