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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 ...

On Jan. 23, new President Duma Boko, who swept to power last October, said he hoped to quickly finalise the agreement. The conclusion of the negotiations is in alignment with those agreed in 2023 ...

The talks made more progress once President Duma Boko took over in November. Elodie Daguzan, executive director at the World Diamond Council (WDC), told VOA the organization is happy to see the ...

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 been ...

On Jan. 23, Botswana's new President Duma Boko said he hoped to clinch a long-delayed sales pact with De Beers soon. In addition, Boko said talks aimed at increasing Botswana's ownership stake in ...

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 ...

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 ...

In January, newly elected President Duma Boko announced that his administration had reached an agreement with De Beers. Botswana, the world’s largest producer of rough diamonds by value ...

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 ...