 Business in Botswana,
Gaborone
Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Botswana - Gaborone
- Introduction to Botswana (Southern Africa)
- Economy of Botswana
- Key Economic Sectors:
- Glass
- Leather
- Pharmaceutical
- Mining
- Beef
- International Trade (Import, Export) of Botswana
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Botswana
- Case Study:
- Debswana (Diamonds)
- Botswana Telecommunications Corporation
- Access to the market
- Business Plan for Botswana
Transport and Logistics in Botswana- Trans-African Corridors
- North-South Corridor
- Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
- Nearest Ports
- Port of Walvis Bay (Namibia)
via the Trans-Kalahari Corridor: Gaborone, Lobatse
- Port of Durban (South Africa)
- Port of Maputo (Mozambique)
Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and Preferential Access of Botswana:
- Botswana and the Southern African Economic Area
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (negotiation)
- COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
- Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
- African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA)
- Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership (Cotonou Agreement)
- African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
- Malawi-Botswana Trade Agreement
- India-Botswana Free Trade Agreement
The objectives of the Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Botswana” are the following:
- To analyse the economy and foreign trade (Import, Export, FDI) of Botswana
- To know the business opportunities in Botswana
- To explore the trade relations of Botswana with the country of the student
- To know the Free Trade Agreements of Botswana
- To examine the company profiles in Botswana
- To develop a business plan for Botswana
Online Course Example - Doing Business in Botswana:

Description of the Subject (Doing Business in Botswana).
Botswana: Diamonds (1/3 of the GDP). A landlocked African Country.
The Republic of Botswana:
- Botswana is advantageously situated in the heart of the Southern Africa region 200 million people)
- Botswana shares borders with Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe,
and South
Africa
- The population of Botswana (2.3 million people) is growing 3.5% annually
- Bantu
- Setswana and English are the main spoken languages in the Republic of Botswana
- Batswana Capital: Gaborone
- Batswana Area: 581,730 square kilometres
- Botswana is a unitary parliamentary republic
- Independence of Botswana from the United Kingdom: 1966
- Currency of Botswana: Pula
More information about Botswana (African Portal - EENI Global Business School).

Religions in Botswana
- African Traditional Religions
- Christianity is the most prevailing belief system in Botswana (80% of the population)
Botswana belongs to the Southern African Economic Area (African Civilisation).

Economy of Botswana:
- The Economy of the Republic of Botswana is still dependent on the mining sector, particularly diamonds
- Botswana has achieved an impressive economic efficiency over the past decades
- The Economic Commission for Africa (Economic Report on Africa), places to Botswana in the lead of
other five African Countries that have made largest progress in developing policies that
promotes the economic growth, with the objective of the poverty reduction
- The Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority, is an autonomous private organisation created with the aim to promote and
facilitate the establishment of export-oriented companies
- The policies of the Government of Botswana include strategies that maximise the productivity and add value to the economy throughout
increasing the
Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows by an attractive and transparent fiscal and operating environment
- Debswana Diamond Company is a sole partnership between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers Centenary AG.
- Botswana Telecommunications Corporation was created in 1980 to supply, develop, work and manage the national and international telecommunications services.
The Botswana Government holds 100% of the Corporation
Free Trade Agreements (FTA) of Botswana:
The Republic of Botswana is a member of the Southern African development Community - an international trade organisation, which gives access to a potential market of 200 million people-, the Southern African Development Community has its headquarters in Gaborone.
The Republic of Botswana has preferential access to the European Union through the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership and to the United States through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Botswana is also a member of the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU): South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Swaziland).
The Southern Africa Customs Union is negotiating several trade agreements with other
countries and regions.
The Southern Africa Customs Union is also negotiating Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), MERCOSUR, India, and the People's Republic of China.


Global Economic Organisations. Botswana is a member of:
- Forum India-Botswana
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- African Union (AU)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Forum India-Botswana.
- New Partnership for Africa (NEPAD)
- Africa (Botswana)-Asia Strategic Partnership
- Forum Africa (Botswana)-India and China
- Africa (Botswana)-BRICS
- Africa-South America Summit (ASA)
- Strategic partnerships: Africa-Korea, Turkey, Japan,
- Afro-Arab Cooperation
- United Nations (UN)
- World Bank
(WB)
- International Monetary Fund
(IMF)



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