Botswana’s government will develop new industries, dismantle the state power utility to foster private investment and ...

De Beers has finalised talks on a rough diamond sales deal with the Botswana government and on extending mining licences for ...

In brief remarks this week, De Beers CEO, Al Cook, credited President Duma Boko’s government with sealing the long-running ...

Wouldn’t you agree that there is something profoundly disquieting about hearing a head of State describe his people, in a ...

Botswana's economy is forecast to grow by 3.3% in 2025 due to an expected recovery in the global diamond market, Finance ...

Miner Anglo American's diamond unit De Beers said on Monday it had finalised negotiations with the Botswana government for a new rough diamond sales agreement and extended mining licences for its ...

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President Duma Boko said. While gems mined by Debswana — a venture between Anglo American’s De Beers unit and the government — account for 80% of Botswana’s economy, they aren’t creating ...

Under terms of new agreement, Botswana’s government will be allowed to sell 30% of rough diamonds mined through joint mining ...

Botswana is now led by Duma Boko, head of the Umbrella for Democratic Change, a coalition that surprisingly defeated Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party in national elections last year. Whereas ...