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Our June 2026 issue is out. How Duma Boko is re-architecting Botswana - from a diamond-dependent rentier state into a sovereign-equity economy built to rival the Gulf - and what that turn asks of everyone doing business here. Botswana is doing something most resource...
With the World Bank trimming global growth and warning of worse if conflict spreads, Botswana brands face a simple discipline: say less, and say it carefully.
A new digital tax and shifting payment habits are doing something policy alone could not: pulling Botswana’s online market out of the informal shadows.
On Botswana’s digital platforms, trust has stopped being a soft value and become a hard one – it now decides whether the customer actually completes the payment.
Resilient world trade is opening a quieter opportunity for Botswana: moving wholesale procurement online, where small firms can source like big ones.
When global food prices move, the change reaches a Gaborone menu before it reaches the headlines – reshaping what restaurants, caterers and hotels can profitably serve.
Botswana’s 2026 budget projects an economic rebound, yet households still face price pressure from fuel, food and public debt – testing how resilient local retail really is.
World trade rose again in April, but for Botswana importers the bigger story is what happens between the factory gate and the Gaborone shelf.
African shoppers now move across several payment platforms in a single week, and merchants who accept only one channel are quietly losing the sale.