Child-Support Grant Launches as Kgatleng Preps Road Projects
A social grant is only as good as the system that delivers it. The promise of support means little if the money arrives late, lands in the wrong hands, or cannot be reconciled against a verifiable register. That tension — between the intent of a welfare programme and...
Child-Support Grant Launches as Kgatleng Preps Road Projects
A social grant is only as good as the system that delivers it. The promise of support means little if the money arrives late, lands in the wrong hands, or cannot be reconciled against a verifiable register. That tension — between the intent of a welfare programme and...
Cabanga TV is live: watch how Capitec became South Africa’s biggest Bank
A R4.3 million online shop, a women-led car plant, Durban's big build and the township property market are among the South African stories now free to watch. JOHANNESBURG, 17 October 2026 - How does a bank that started with nothing become the biggest in the country?...
Afrophobia as a Growth Constraint, Not a Social Footnote
Growth models for South Africa carry the usual variables: investment, productivity, the terms of trade, the cost of capital, the electricity supply. Social cohesion is not among them. It is filed under politics, or sociology, or the softer pages of a country report....
Botswana to Open Moscow Embassy, Woos Russian Investors for Rare Earths
Small economies cannot afford a single buyer for what they sell or a single partner for the capital they need. The diamond slump has made that lesson concrete, and it explains a diplomatic move that would otherwise read as merely symbolic. On 4 January 2026, Foreign...
Child-Support Grant Launches as Kgatleng Preps Road Projects
Kgatleng registered 349 child-support beneficiaries paid via the Social Benefits Payment and Reconciliation System from April 2026, as the district preps roads.
BDC to Inject P1.39bn Across Strategic Sectors
Botswana Development Corporation will deploy P1.39bn over two years across agriculture, health, manufacturing, energy, finance and tech. The strategy and the
Bank of Botswana Lifts Policy Rate to 3.5% to Calm Credit Markets
The Bank of Botswana’s policy rate rose from 1.9% to 3.5% in 2025, with prime at 7.19%, amid diamond-driven liquidity strain. What the move means for borrowers
CIPA Grants Six-Month Grace on Constitutions and Beneficial Ownership
CIPA extends Botswana’s company-constitution filing deadline to 30 September 2026 and presses beneficial-ownership filing under AML law. What operators should
Central Bank Sets 30 April for Next Rate Decision
The Bank of Botswana confirmed its Monetary Policy Committee will next meet on 30 April 2026 to review the policy rate, held at 3.5%.
Bank of Botswana Holds Rate at 3.5% as Inflation Risks Loom
The Bank of Botswana held its policy rate at 3.5% on 26 Feb 2026 for a second meeting, flagging electricity-tariff and foot-and-mouth disease inflation risks.
Budget Forecasts 3.1% Growth but Deficit and Debt Breach Loom
Botswana’s Feb 2026 budget projects 3.1% growth alongside a P26.35bn deficit (8.9% of GDP) and debt near the 40% ceiling. What the numbers mean for operators.
Board-level treasury
The World Bank cut its global growth outlook and warned of a sharper drop if conflict spreads. In that volatility, treasury management has moved from back office to boardroom.
Household affordability
Botswana’s budget projects an economic rebound this year. Inflation risk is the variable that decides whether households actually feel it in their discretionary spending.
AI investment finance
AI demand kept global electronics trade moving through a volatile year. The financing question for Botswana is whether it funds the chips or the things they make possible.
Food-price working capital
Food and fertiliser prices keep moving, and every swing forces firms to finance inventory they did not budget for. For Botswana’s food chain, working capital is the quiet cost of volatility.
Cost of capital in construction
Botswana signed energy and mineral exploration deals with Oman just as financing costs climbed worldwide. The ambition is real; the cost of capital decides which projects survive it.
Banking for exporters
World trade rose in April even as tariff threats multiplied. For Botswana exporters, the lesson is less about the rebound than about the banking that survives the next shock.
Diamond-sector receivables
Rough-diamond price swings ripple through cash conversion for cutters, traders and suppliers – and after an S&P downgrade, Botswana’s receivables sit in the path of global headwinds.
Ratings and tender pricing
A credit downgrade does not stay on paper – it raises the price of government-backed projects, and Botswana’s tender costs move with its rating.
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