Botswana has long struggled to escape its reliance on diamonds, as well as persistent poverty, inequality, high unemployment, and underperforming institutions.
President Duma Boko says these entrenched challenges call for a radically different development approach—one rooted in decisive action, innovation, and results. Speaking at the launch of the Botswana Economic Transformation Program (BETP), Boko signaled an end to “business as usual.”
The BETP, he explained, is designed to dismantle bureaucratic inertia and institutional fragmentation that have long hindered the country’s economic potential. The program aims to usher in a new era of disciplined execution, where public institutions act with agility, precision, and purpose to drive real economic change.
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