Central Banker Doubts 4.2% Growth as Diamond Sales Collapse
Money - Banking · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · June 2026 Botswana built one of Africa's steadiest macro records on a single asset, and that same concentration is now the risk. In June 2024 a senior central-bank official warned that the country could fall...
Import Relief: CBN Lets Firms Use Expired NAFDAC Licences for Form M
Regulatory transitions have a habit of stranding the very firms that follow the rules. When a licensing regime changes hands or shifts its process, the importer whose NAFDAC permit lapses mid-cycle can find a perfectly legitimate shipment frozen at the documentation...
Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal — regional opportunity why it matters for investors
Coastal West Africa is not short of gold in the ground; it is short of the capital and permits that turn a deposit into a mine. For a decade the region's prospects have competed less on geology than on which government could offer a credible, bankable path to...
Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal — market impact how the market shifts for investors
Senegal counts gold among its most valuable exports, yet for years the deposits along its eastern belt have generated more foreign invoices than domestic ones. The drill rigs, the process plants, the senior engineering and the bulk of the capital have tended to arrive...
Chinese zones: A modest base for Africa’s export story
Economics - Trade & AfCFTA · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 Chinese-built industrial zones are often invoked as engines of Africa's export future. The recorded numbers ask for restraint. Their early scale was modest and their...
Central Banker Doubts 4.2% Growth as Diamond Sales Collapse
A senior Bank of Botswana official has warned that the country could miss its 4.2% growth target, with Debswana sales down 48% in the first quarter of 2024.
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P1 Billion Diamond Fund Aims to Build Local Cutting and Polishing
De Beers and Botswana pledged P1 billion in July 2023 for a diamond-beneficiation fund to build local cutting and polishing and create jobs, tied to skills development.
Holding the Line: Monetary Policy Bets on Falling Inflation
With inflation near 10%, the Bank of Botswana held its key rate at 2.65% in April 2023, betting price pressures would ease back into the 3 to 6% target band.
Tightrope Walk: BoB Holds Rates as Inflation Nears Double Digits
With inflation near 9.9 percent, the Bank of Botswana left its policy rate at 2.65 percent in April 2023, betting that price pressures would ease rather than entrench.
Royalties and Dividends Set to Slide as Diamonds Falter
Government estimates in March 2023 showed mineral royalties sliding from P6.1 billion to P4.5 billion and dividends from P15 billion to P11.3 billion.
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