Economy
Summary of Performance
as of August 17, 2025Arranged in order of latest update
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Establish the Botswana National Research and Development Council (BNRDC) to facilitate the commercialization and scaling of production in niche areasRead More
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Develop a Comprehensive and Inclusive Tourism Plan which will empower Batswana to participate and benefit in the sector fullyRead More
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Launch a fund for an accelerated Green Economy Program driven by new state-owned enterprises in partnership with the private sectorRead More
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Promote the manufacture of school, prison, police, and army uniforms in Botswana, including retail shops and private security companies through SMMEsRead More
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Stop outsourcing of services and instead will start a process of in-sourcing some of the servicesRead More
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Establish a national research and development fundRead More
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Establish a Creative Arts Fund for the youth to access for self-employment and business growthRead More
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Review the whole Financial Services Act to ensure that citizens play an active roleRead More
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Through the Cooperative Societies Act, identify potential areas for establishing financial services based on good governance and meritocracyRead More
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Develop and encourage the creation of citizen-led and dominated financial institutions such as the savings and credit associationsRead More
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Establish an independently managed fund by devoting 1% of the annual national budget to Nongovernmental organization(NGO) or civil society organization(CSO) and Retired persons development programsRead More
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Implement without delay, an independent beef and other meat products regulator that will issue export licenses and ensure the uptake of livestock from smaller farmers as wellRead More
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Improved tax collection coverage and re-negotiated agreements such as the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU)Read More
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Large-scale servicing of plots especially around high growth ratesRead More
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Provide adequate transport to supervision and visits to farmersRead More
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Intensify the supervision to extension staff by introducing 1:15 supervisor to extension workers in order to improve farmer contact and interactionRead More
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Provide a conducive policy environment to encourage investments in agricultural production and manufacturing by the private sector including farmersRead More
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Provide water for irrigated agriculture targeted at export marketRead More
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Promote climate-smart agriculture to mitigate challengesRead More
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Provide targeted input subsidies in compliance with the Agriculture under the World Trade Organisation for food security, rural development and poverty eradicationRead More
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Heavily invest in Research and Development (R&D) to generate demand -driven appropriate bio-chemical technologiesRead More
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Align Research and Development in agriculture with the 4th Industrial Revolution for Commercial AgricultureRead More
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Establish regional crop and agricultural markets for all farm-related productsRead More
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Strengthen joint peer review mechanisms, especially between farmers on one hand and service providers of farm produce on the other to maintain good customer service and quality of goods and serviceRead More
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Promote and intensify irrigated agriculture in potential areas of the countryRead More
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Invest in critical infrastructure (roads, energy, information and communication technology/digital technology, water etc.) to access production and market areasRead More
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Align Human Resource Development for extension services with STEAM Education to provide applied relevant skills and knowledge to transform farmingRead More
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Intensify investment in human resource development in extension services and management including working out a farmer/extension worker ratio of 1 to 100Read More
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Intensify and expand the commercialisation of potential farmers through effective and efficient extension, research and appropriate Farmers Commodity GroupsRead More
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Intensify the adoption and access to high-yielding, appropriate crop varieties/hybrids and livestock breedsRead More
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Classify farmers according to their environmental/geographical and socio-economic conditions to target appropriate technical and financial supportRead More
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Triple our cereal yields per hectareRead More
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Ensure that the economy possesses strong export-orientation (outside diamonds)Read More
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Encourage unionization of both public and private sector workers including those in retail and tourism industriesRead More
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Ratify all critical regional, continental, and international labour conventions and resuscitate the bargaining councilRead More
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Enable the growth of unionism and the full empowerment of the labour movement across all sectors of the economyRead More
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Attract at least P100 billion annually in domestic and foreign investmentRead More
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Use procurement as a lever to create sustainable and subsequently, export-oriented businessRead More
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Build a comprehensive national distribution system that covers key villages that are water starvedRead More
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Build at least 2 mega-companies in the areas of manufacturing medicines and energy developmentRead More
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Build a fast train between Gaborone , Johannesburg, Lusaka and HarareRead More
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Build airport with a global pull of transit traffic across continentsRead More
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Modernize alternative transport modes in the Gaborone cosmopolitan area that include Ramotswa, Molepololole, Lobatse, Kanye, Mochudi, and Gabane. These will include light rail, overhead carts, and othersRead More
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Build dual carriageway linking Gaborone and FrancistownRead More
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Transform Botswana into a transport hub for the 363 million-strong SADC marketRead More
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Implement long-standing plans to build rail links to either Namibia or Mozambique including one through to Kasane and ZambiaRead More
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Promote collective bargaining and unity among labor unionsRead More
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Promote decent work, continuous professional developmentary-skilling and investment, and re-deployment of misplaced skillsRead More
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Build an economy that can sustain average salaries of P10 000 or moreRead More
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Set up a grant fund system for the informal sectorRead More
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Create an equitable, dynamic, and diversified economy with an annual growth rate of at least 10 %Read More
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inprogress12-December-2024
Improve project management and assured early cancellation of wasteful projects in different sectorsRead More
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inprogress14-February-2025
Deploy the national budget to lift the economyRead More
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inprogress06-February-2025
Monitor and evaluate the impact of public interventions and supportRead More
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inprogress10-February-2025
Initiate and build a Sovereign Wealth Fund: which will invest locally, continentally, and internationallyRead More
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inprogress13-February-2025
Introduce progressive taxation through fewer or even no taxes for the very low-income groups and gradually increasing taxes with the highest levels of taxes lower than regional taxesRead More
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inprogress06-December-2024
Position Botswana as one of the top 10 diamond trading centres globally and the top 3 in the EMEA (Europe ,Middle East and Africa) regionRead More
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inprogress16-December-2024
Establish regional crop and agricultural markets for all farm-related productsRead More
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inprogress06-December-2024
Create 450 000 to 500 000 decent, sustainable, and well-paying jobs within 5 years across new and existing sectorsRead More
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