Botswana’s government will develop new industries, dismantle the state power utility to foster private investment and increase concessional borrowing as part of a plan to diversify the ...

BOTSWANA may have had a lot to do with Lucara Diamond’s decision to renew a marketing agreement with marketer HB Group ...

Botswana's new President Duma Boko said on Thursday that he hoped to clinch a long-delayed diamond sales pact with Anglo American unit De Beers imminently. Boko told a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker interview ...

Botswana's economy is forecast to grow 3.3% this year after a contraction in 2024, due to an expected recovery in the global ...

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

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

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been holding meetings with leaders of various African countries on the margins of the 38th AU Summit. Accordingly, the Prime Minister conferred with Botswana’s President ...

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

Botswana's diamond revenue has been severely hit by the global slump in demand. In the last nine months of 2024 Debswana - ...

However, the deal was not finalised under former Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. On 23 January, Botswana's new ...

After five years of negotiations, Botswana and De Beers have reached a groundbreaking agreement that will revolutionise ...

Gaolathe echoed President Duma Boko, who came to power in November following a landslide election upset and has vowed to diversify Botswana's economy. "Botswana's reliance on diamond revenues has ...