Authorities Clarify FMD Controls: Dairy and Aggregates Exempt
Foot-and-mouth disease control tends to be discussed as a single switch — borders shut, trucks stopped, trade frozen. The reality is more granular, and the gap between blanket fear and the actual rules is where commercial damage often happens. In mid-February 2026,...
Blue Economy growth agenda across SADC: regional demand and access and what comes next
Ask a household in Windhoek, Maputo or Dar es Salaam whether SADC's blue economy agenda has changed anything about the fish on their plate or the beach holiday they can afford, and the honest answer, as of this week, is not yet. The 3rd Africa Blue Economy Week,...
The Botswana Boardroom Letters
Content - Books & Guides · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · Global Issue · June 2026 An owner does not feel a global growth revision as a statistic; they feel it as a question about whether to hire next month. When the World Bank cut its global growth outlook to...
Blue Economy growth agenda across SADC — policy and strategy logic and what comes next
Regional blocs produce declarations far more easily than they produce operational law. That is the standing contradiction in SADC's institutional history, and it is the lens through which the outcomes of the 3rd Africa Blue Economy Week, held in Luanda from 22 to...
Angolan kwanza in RTGS across SADC — capital and bankability across SADC member states
Every currency added to a real-time settlement system creates a liability somewhere. A bank that agrees to settle Angolan kwanza directly must hold kwanza balances, fund nostro accounts in Luanda, and accept exposure to a currency that has, over the past decade, been...
PIDA and the Belt and Road: China Funds the Corridors Africa Already Planned
Africa’s own infrastructure blueprint predates Chinese finance. The 2024 FOCAC summit promised 30 projects to advance it – the test is whether they follow the continent’s plan or Beijing’s map.
Oman minerals partnership
Botswana and Oman have signed mineral-exploration and energy agreements, pairing a landlocked diversifier with a Gulf economy that has walked the same road away from a single export.
China and the African Union: A Dialogue Channel That Outpaces Its Receipts
The China-AU strategic dialogue promises co-ordinated development governance. Yet its clearest output to date is a single building, not a shared decision-making system.
Critical-minerals exploration
Botswana has announced a push to explore the large portion of its territory that remains under-explored, looking beyond diamonds for its next mineral story.
De Beers ownership scramble
Angola has sought a stake in De Beers while Botswana remains strategically exposed to the company’s future. The contest over who owns De Beers is, for Gaborone, a question about its own leverage.
Africa CDC’s New Home: A US$80 Million Headquarters and a Lesson in Health Sovereignty
China built Africa’s disease-control headquarters in Addis Ababa after a US retreat. The pandemic-born institution now houses its laboratories in a donated building.
ODC contract-sales pivot
Okavango Diamond Company moved further into contract sales to reduce auction volatility. It is a quiet, technical pivot, and a sensible one for a producer in a turbulent market.
A Gift in Glass and Concrete: The AU Headquarters and the Politics of Being Built
China funded the African Union’s US$200 million home in Addis Ababa. Its 99.9-metre tower honours African unity – and raises a question about who builds the continent’s institutions.
Diamond market reset
Global natural-diamond demand stayed weak while lab-grown alternatives gained share. For Botswana the question is no longer just the cycle, but whether the product itself is being redefined.
Budget deficit pressure
Botswana’s 2026 budget projected recovery alongside a deficit near 9% of GDP and debt above the statutory ceiling. The rebound and the strain are the same story, told from two ends.
From Pledge to Practice: FOCAC’s 2025 Scorecard Shows the Work Behind the Promises
Nine months after Beijing’s summit, a coordinators’ meeting in Hunan put numbers to the follow-through – 35 outcomes across ten sectors.
Sovereign downgrade
S&P has downgraded Botswana as diamond-sector weakness stressed the fiscal accounts. A rating cut is less a verdict on the country than a signal about its single point of dependence.
AI-driven trade
WTO-linked indicators show AI-related electronics demand supporting global trade momentum. The boom is real, but Botswana sits well outside the value chain driving it.
Joint Modernization: The Idea China Is Using to Reframe Its Africa Role
Beijing now describes its African partnership through six characteristics of modernization, positioning itself as a fellow traveller rather than a creditor.
World trade resilience
Global trade volumes rebounded in April after a March fall, a fresh sign of resilience despite geopolitical tension. For a trade-dependent Botswana, that resilience is quietly reassuring.
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