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Botswana’s economic growth outlook has slipped into negative territory, marking a period of heightened uncertainty for the mineral-dependent economy. This is according to the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) latest Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) update, released recently, which warns that the slowdown...

The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) has warned of possible job losses and continued safety risks at Kopano Copper Mine, operated by MP Mining near Dukwi in the Central District. MP Mining, a foreign-owned copper and cobalt producer, employs about...

Throughout this year, we have been engaging with organisations across Botswana through consultations, culture assessments, leadership conversations, enquiries, and proposal discussions. Across all these interactions, one insight continues to emerge with clarity: many of the challenges organisations are facing are...

The private sector has urged the government to address several structural and systemic barriers over the medium to long term, particularly long-standing but unresolved constraints. Following President Duma Boko’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week, his second since assuming...

Lilian Scheepers, a seasoned agribusiness leader and outspoken advocate for structural reform in Botswana’s agriculture sector, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB). Scheepers now steps directly into the system she has long urged...