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Botswana is facing growing fiscal pressures, with worries mounting that the cost of servicing government debt could spike this year. The culprits? A weakening Pula and rising interest rates. Recent figures from the Bank of Botswana reveal some positive signs in the government’s finances during the first 11 months of the 2025/2026 financial year (April 2025 – March 2026). Government revenues hit P63.23 billion, up by P4.19 billion from the P59.02 billion recorded in the...
Shumba Energy Limited, a company listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, has officially begun construction on a major solar power plant poised to supply electricity domestically and export energy across Southern Africa. The Tati Solar project, a 100-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility, is set on roughly 160 hectares near Francistown and aims to enter commercial operation by 2027. According to a recent market update from the Botswana Stock Exchange, Shumba Energy holds a 75 percent stake...
The Botswana Pula faces the prospect of further decline, driven by a mix of macroeconomic challenges including soaring fuel prices, rising inflation, and diminishing diamond revenues, according to a recent forecast from Fitch Solutions.
The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), a government-owned regulator, has announced an improved financial performance for the year 2025, recording revenues of P78.8 million and a profit after tax of P20.6 million. Among state-owned enterprises, the BSE stood out as one of the few that remained profitable last year. It declared dividends of P2.5 million and is now focused on executing a new strategy aimed at increasing its revenue tenfold by 2030. The exchange’s revenue rose...
The Finance Ministry reported a budget deficit of P11.2 billion for the first 11 months of the 2025/2026 fiscal year, a notable improvement from the P14.7 billion deficit recorded during the same period the previous year, according to the latest Botswana Economic and Financial Statistics released last week by the Bank of Botswana.
The UK-based research firm Business Monitor International (BMI) has warned that Botswana’s banking sector is facing escalating challenges that could hinder its performance this year. BMI highlighted that the sector may also struggle to support the recovery of Botswana’s economy amid a difficult operating environment. In its recent forecast, BMI indicated that while the banking industry is expected to remain broadly stable in 2026, buoyed by strong capital buffers and low levels of non-performing loans,...
The creation of new jobs in Botswana is expected to remain an uphill battle amid weak economic activity driven by depressed diamond markets and sluggish private sector profitability, according to recent data from the Bank of Botswana.
The Financial Stability Council (FSC) concluded its latest review this month, revealing that risks and vulnerabilities within Botswana’s financial system have intensified. This development poses a potential drag on the country’s financial services sector.
Botswana’s foreign exchange reserves are poised for a sharp decline this year, driven largely by a widening trade deficit fueled by soaring global oil prices and an increasing fuel import bill.
Botswana could be on the brink of a debt crisis within the next five to ten years, driven by escalating government borrowing aimed at covering persistent budget deficits, according to a recent analysis of the country’s public debt. The report, conducted by local consultancy firm Econsult, warns that Botswana is grappling with a burgeoning debt problem that threatens to escalate into a full-blown crisis if current borrowing trends continue unchecked. Econsult’s review highlights that government...
