Business in Botswana, Gaborone, Diamonds

1. Introduction to Botswana (Southern Africa)
2. Economy of Botswana
3. Key Economic Sectors:
   1. Glass
   2. Leather
   3. Pharmaceutical
   4. Mining
   5. Beef
   6. Transport and Logistics
4. International Trade of Botswana
5. Investment in Botswana
6. Case Study:
   1. Debswana (Diamonds)
   2. Botswana Telecommunications Corporation
7. Access to the market
8. Business Plan for Botswana

Sample:

The educational aims of the Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Botswana” are:

1. To analyze the economy and Foreign Trade of Botswana
2. To conduct research on business opportunities in Botswana
3. To research the trade relations of Botswana with the student's country
4. To know Trade Agreements of Botswana
5. To examine the company profiles in Botswana
6. To develop a business plan for Botswana

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Botswana” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate in African Business.

Master in Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Masters adapted to Batswana Students.

Languages: or Botswana Botsuana Botsuana.

1. Subject Credits “Doing Business in Botswana”: 1

1. Trans-African Transport Corridors
   1. North-South Logistics Corridor
   2. Cairo-Gaborone Logistics Corridor
2. Nearest Ports
   1. Port of Walvis Bay (Namibia) via the Trans-Kalahari Corridor: Gaborone, Lobatse
   2. Port of Durban (South Africa)
   3. Port of Maputo (Mozambique)

Trade Agreements and Preferential Access of Botswana:

1. Botswana and the Southern African Economic Area
2. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
   1. European Union-SADC Agreement
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement
4. Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
   1. MERCOSUR-SACU Agreement
   2. UK-SACU and Mozambique Economic Partnership Agreement
   3. EFTA-SACU Agreement
5. African Continental Free Trade Area
6. Africa-EU Partnership
7. AGOA (U.S.)
8. Malawi-Botswana Trade Agreement
9. India-Botswana Agreement
10. Arab Bank for Africa (BADEA)
11. ICGLR - Guest Member

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. Agreement on Sanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. Hamburg Rules (Sea)

1. Economic Commission for Africa
2. African Union 
   1. AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (not signed)
   2. AUDA-NEPAD
3. African Development Bank
4. China-Africa Cooperation
5. Africa-India Cooperation
6. Africa-BRICS
7. Africa-Turkey Partnership
8. Africa-Asia Partnership
9. Africa-Korea Partnership
10. Africa-Japan Cooperation
11. Africa-South America Summit

1. United Nations
   1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
   2. International Trade Centre
   3. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
2. World Bank
3. International Monetary Fund
4. World Trade Organization (WTO)

1. Botswana is advantageously situated in the heart of the Southern Africa region 200 million people)
2. Botswana shares borders with Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa
3. The population of Botswana (2.3 million people) is growing 3.5% annually
4. Setswana and English are the main spoken languages in Botswana
5. Batswana Capital: Gaborone
6. Batswana Area: 581,730 km²
7. Botswana is a unitary parliamentary republic
8. Independence of Botswana from the United Kingdom: 1966
9. Currency of Botswana: Pula

More information about Botswana (EENI African Business Portal).

Religions in Botswana

1. African Traditional Religions
2. Christianity is the most prevailing belief system in Botswana (80% of the population)

Botswana belongs to the Southern African Economic Area.

Economy of Botswana:

1. 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
2. The Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority, is an autonomous private organization created with the purpose to promote and facilitate the establishment of export-oriented companies
3. The policies of the Government of Botswana include strategies that maximize the productivity and add value to the economy throughout increasing Foreign Direct Investment flows by an attractive and transparent fiscal and operating environment
4. Debswana Diamond Company is a sole partnership between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers Centenary AG
5. Botswana Telecommunications Corporation was founded in 1980 to supply, develop, work and manage the national and international telecommunications services. The Botswana Government holds 100% of the Corporation

Trade Agreements of Botswana:

Botswana is a member of the Southern African development Community - an International Trade Organization, which gives access to a potential market of 200 million people-, the Southern African Development Community has its headquarters in Gaborone.

Botswana has preferential access to the EU through the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership and to the United States through the AGOA.

Botswana is also a member of the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU): South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini). The SACU is negotiating several trade agreements with other countries and regions.

The SACU is also negotiating Trade Agreements with EFTA, MERCOSUR, India, and China.