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 reflects both domestic vulnerabilities and global shocks.
The Bank has sharply revised Botswana’s 2025 growth forecast from a modest 0.8 percent expansion projected earlier this year to a 0.8 percent contraction. The downgrade places Botswana among the worst-affected economies in Southern Africa, alongside Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique and Angola, all of which are now expected to grow more slowly than previously estimated.
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