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Botswana

Population: 2.72m
GDP: $21.42bn
Debt: 17.9% of GDP (2024)

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Boko wins big

Rebooting economic growth and and cutting unemployment are the new President’s priorities

The pace of the political transition in Botswana matches the urgency of the new government’s agenda: to stabilise an economy in free fall with youth unemployment hitting 38%....


In power for six decades, the ruling BDP promises change

Running for a second term, President Masisi is helped by opposition splits but his economic plans lack credibility

Against a backdrop of rising youth unemployment and tumbling diamond revenues, Botswana’s elections on 30 October are set to be among its most closely fought since independence in...


Ben-Menashe heads to Gaborone

The flurry of new client activity continues for Ari Ben-Menashe, the Israeli former spy and arms dealer turned political lobbyist. Ben-Menashe, who has taken on Kenya’s former Interior...


Pitching for De Beers

The Botswana government may be clearing the way to bid for part of Anglo American’s 85% holding in De Beers, which the London-based mining conglomerate plans to divest...


Antwerp gems deal on the rocks

The President put much store into a scheme intended to add value to diamond sales, but the dream seems to be turning sour

The Botswana government's ambitious plan to sell part of its huge rough diamond output have been dealt a hammer blow by the implosion of its selected sales partner,...


Masisi needs diamonds for trumps

The ruling party has a new strategy to win next year's polls against the challenge from ex-President Khama and the opposition coalition

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has never been the same since President Mokgweetsi Masisi fell out with his mentor, ex-President Ian Khama, who had hand-picked him as...


De Beers deal could save BDP's skin

Gaborone's new diamond deal offers gains to the government and hedges against challenges from new technology

If President Mokgweetsi Masisi has got it right, the new agreement Botswana has struck with its dominant economic partner De Beers – to sell half of its rough...


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