World Bank backs stronger health system in Botswana
27 January 2026 The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the Botswana Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience (HEPRR) Project, which…
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President Boko launches integrated transport project for safer, smarter roads
17 December 2025 President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko yesterday officially launched the Traffic Signals Modernisation and Centralised Traffic Control Centre…
Decades-long subsidies over – Boko warns
11 November 2025 President Duma Boko warns of the looming end to decades of state-funded welfare and energy subsidies as…
Botswana gets over P1.8BN for water projects loan
The Botswana Government has secured a US$145.5 million World Bank loan to comprehensively address water and sanitation sector problems. This…
AfDB avails P1.4bn to support Botswana
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is making available P1.4 billion to support various developmental programmes in the country within the…
Botswana’s mining practices best in Africa – Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute Annual survey of mining companies 2020 has revealed that Botswana is the most attractive jurisdiction in Africa…
SADC Member States agree to work together to unlock funding for regional energy projects
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States have agreed to work together to address policy challenges affecting funding for regional…
World Bank sees robust growth in miners like Botswana
The World Bank’s biannual analysis of Africa’s economic outlook has shown that mining-dependent economies, such as Botswana, are expected to…
Economy shrank by 7.9% in 2020 – Statistics Botswana
The local economy contracted by 7.9% last year, its worst performance on record, as the weight of COVID-19 hit across…
Botswana is now looking for bids to build 200MW of CSP
Under a new integrated resource plan published by the Government in December 2020, Botswana plans to build 200 MW of…
Cost of living in Botswana vs Average monthly earning: The contrast
Official figures show that Botswana workers earn on average a net monthly salary of P6,620 ($578) after tax, against a…
Botswana approaches World Bank for budgetary support
Botswana has approached the World Bank for budgetary support after the Coronavirus crisis hurt revenue, Finance Minister Thapelo Matsheka said…
The paradox of Botswana’s strong economic growth versus the rising income inequality
According to international economic measures, Botswana has experienced long-term economic growth overall. Those same measures, however, also report that the…
Botswana joins global COVAX Facility to ensure access to vaccine
Botswana on its Independence Day commemoration implored other countries to join it in signing up to access the COVID-19 vaccine, it has emerged. Botswana currently…
Nine years into Botswana’s poverty eradication programme
With its documented history of being one of the poorest nations to becoming one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa,…
Botswana teams up with World bank on renewable energy
Botswana has partnered with the World Bank to develop a renewable energy strategy aimed at allowing the country to be…
Botswana announces massive investments in renewable energy
The Botswana government has recently reached an agreement with the World Bank to develop a national strategic plan for the…
Pricing in foreign currency illegal
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry, Ms Peggy Serame (pictured below) has urged the…