The Africa Competitiveness Report ranks Tunisia, South Africa and Botswana as the most competitive African nations.
The report published by the World Economic Forum, the African Development Bank and the World Bank Africa indicates African businesses can become far more competitive if governments and their international partners would improve access to finance, resist pressure to [...]

Eight African countries are to receive more than one billion US dollars to upgrade their transport links and improve trade. The financial pledge was made by the World Bank, international development agencies and the private sector. African officials say the funds will be used to upgrade transport links across eastern and southern Africa, refurbish ports [...]

With a coal resources of 200 billion tons, Botswana mines 5 or fewer billion tons, but this is about to change soon. The government hopes to shift its economy from being diamond-dependent and export more coal. A component of the plan calls for building a 1,500 km rail link from its coalfields to a port [...]

The diplomatic spat between Zimbabwe and Botswana took another twist after Gaborone demanded a thorough investigation into the core issues surrounding the political crisis in Zimbabwe ahead of the Southern African Development community (SADC) meeting Monday.

Botswana will close its embassy in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, according to reports from IRIN.
It was unclear whether Botswana’s decision to close its diplomatic mission in Harare would also lead to the severing of diplomatic ties with President Robert Mugabe’s government, but the decision comes a few weeks after the country’s foreign minister called on [...]

“We beg the Pope to help, to pray for us so that the government changes its attitude towards us and respects our rights as indigenous peoples of this land.” – Kalahari Bushmen.
As as the Vatican established diplomatic relations with Botswana, the displaced Kalahari Bushmen are appealing to the Pope to help them in their fight [...]

The Ibrahim Prize, set up by Sudanese businessman Mo Ibrahim, is the most valuable individual prize in the world. Mr Mogae, whose second term of office ended in April, was praised for tackling HIV and AIDS and for diversifying the economy of Botswana.

Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia account for about 40 percent of Africa’s population outside South Africa and almost one-half of its GDP. They all share a common economic trait: They are Africa’s emerging markets, according to an IMF report.
The same crucial developments that presaged the arrival of institutional financial investors [...]