Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame visited Botswana in May 2026 to sign agreements on double-tax avoidance, visa-free travel and investment cooperation.
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Economics
Rural Budgets Prioritise Public Works Over Services
Mabutsane District Council put 75% of its P34.6 million budget into the Ikageng public-works programme, with P5 million to a constituency community programme.
EU-SADC programme portfolio – market impact and regional growth for regional operators
A regional trade partnership that has run for a decade produces, on its tenth anniversary, a number rather than a narrative: €195.9 million mobilised by the European Union across ten projects in the Southern African Development Community. That figure is precise. What...
The Needle Eye Review: Retail Reality and Consumer Power in Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe
African consumer markets continue to be interpreted through lenses that are often disconnected from lived experience. Institutional reports, aggregated datasets, and external advisory perspectives provide high-level insight, but they frequently fail to capture the...
The Spark Plug Effect: How to Survive Market Pressure and Scale Across Borders
Growth is an unknown language in business because it has not happened until the entrepreneur makes it happen. It is not a passive guarantee—it is a deliberate mechanical action that requires constant translation into strategy and execution. Imagine a beautifully...
Africanessence: How Ubuntu Is Reshaping Corporate Culture Across Africa
African businesses are facing a dual challenge: global worker disengagement and a need for leadership models that resonate locally. In 2024 Gallup estimated that just 23 percent of employees worldwide are engaged at work, while 62 percent are not engaged and another...
Beyond Diamonds: Botswana Courts Oman for Critical Minerals
President Duma Boko’s April 2026 visit to Muscat secured deals on joint mineral exploration, oil storage and renewable power, part of a deliberate push beyond diamonds.
Exploration Intensifies in the Kalahari Copperbelt
UK-listed Aterian plc began a 90 km2 soil geochemistry survey over its Namib licences in Botswana’s Kalahari Copperbelt in April 2026, ahead of larger-scale drilling.
Botswana’s Cement Gambit: Leveraging Fly-Ash for Industrialisation
Cheetah Cement announced a 19-hectare dry-process plant in April 2026, using fly-ash and nickel slag to make 800,000 tonnes a year, cutting imports and creating about 515 jobs.