Botswana has signed a 30-year PPA for a 500MW solar plant with 500MWh storage in Maun, partnering with Oman, toward 50% renewables by 2030. Inside the deal.
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Cheetah Cement to Build 800kt/y Plant, Creating 515 Jobs
Cheetah Cement is building an 800,000 t/y dry-process plant near Matabele, Kgatleng, using Morupule fly ash and Matsiloje slag and creating ~515 jobs in
SBC House at Union Vale: A Broadcasting Grant That Took Six Years
A China-funded broadcasting headquarters for Seychelles broke ground in 2019 and handed over in 2025. The long road from grant to keys is the real infrastructure story.
Green-retail positioning
Botswana’s energy and mineral deals with Oman point to a market where power is precious – and where retail brands will favour the malls that can keep the lights on.
Business parks for services
As Botswana pushes exploration beyond diamonds and into solar, it is also creating demand for somewhere to put the geologists, engineers and advisers who follow.
Cross-border depots
World trade kept rising in April, a reminder that goods still move – and that the depots sitting on the right SADC routes are the ones that capture the flow.
Schools You Can See: China’s Visible but Underwritten Education Build in Africa
China has funded more than 170 schools across Africa. The visible buildings raise a quieter question of who pays the teachers and bills after handover.
Industrial logistics
A diamond-sector downgrade and a shift in how rough is sold are quietly rewriting Botswana’s logistics map – and the high-security property that serves it.
Surgical Wings and Lab Benches: China’s Health-System Build-Out in Africa
A fresh roster of Chinese-built hospitals and diagnostic centres reads as system-strengthening. Whether national budgets can run them is the unwritten clause.