Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship Botswana

Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship Botswana The Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurshipโ€™s mandate is to provide leadership, overall policy development, strategy and standards on trade and industry.

๐ˆ๐๐•๐ˆ๐“๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“๐„๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐€๐๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ ๐‹๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐‹๐Ž ๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ๐Ž ๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐๐š๐ฉ๐š๐๐ข ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ ๐‘๐š๐๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ...
07/08/2026

๐ˆ๐๐•๐ˆ๐“๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“๐„๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐€๐๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ ๐‹๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐‹๐Ž ๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ๐Ž ๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ๐Œ๐„

๐๐š๐ฉ๐š๐๐ข ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ ๐‘๐š๐๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ฌ ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ก ๐Œ๐ฎ๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ž-๐†๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ .

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๐‰๐ˆ๐‚๐€ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐Œ๐„๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šThe Ministry Leadership led by the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Trade and Entre...
06/08/2026

๐‰๐ˆ๐‚๐€ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐Œ๐„๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š

The Ministry Leadership led by the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship, Hon. Baratiwa Mathoothe, today received a courtesy call from a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) survey team, which presented a proposal for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Promotion Two-Step Loan Project.

During the meeting, the JICA Survey Team Leader Tomoo Mochida explained that the project aims to improve SMEs' access to finance and strengthen financial intermediation by promoting medium- to long-term financing through a Development Finance Institution (DFI). The initiative is expected to enhance the competitiveness of SMEs by increasing access to sustainable financing.

Hon. Mathoothe welcomed the proposed project, noting that its implementation would contribute significantly to Botswana's economic diversification and the growth of the SME sector. He assured the JICA survey team of the Ministry's commitment to working closely with all stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of the project.

The proposed initiative is expected to strengthen the SME ecosystem by expanding access to finance and supporting the development of a more competitive and resilient private sector in Botswana.

05/08/2026

๐†๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ:

The amendment fills regulatory gaps specifically for amusement arcades, ensuring comprehensive oversight.

Introduction of administrative sanctions facilitates swifter enforcement and regulatory compliance.

Modernizing terms and licence categories aligns the Act with technological progress and new gambling formats.

Enhancing regulation supports Botswanaโ€™s international commitments and promotes a responsible gambling environment.

The bill seeks to improve public trust, industry transparency, and investor confidence in Botswanaโ€™s gambling sector.

05/08/2026

๐†๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

The Minister of Trade and Entrepreneurship presents the Gambling Amendment Bill 2025, emphasizing its purpose to revise the Gambling Act of 2012. The core aim is to resolve practical challenges encountered since the original Actโ€™s implementation, modernize Botswanaโ€™s gambling regulatory framework, and ensure alignment with national priorities and recognized international best practices.

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31/07/2026

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๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐œ๐š-๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐กThe Minister of Trade an...
30/07/2026

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐œ๐š-๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก

The Minister of Trade and Entrepreneurship, Hon. Tiroeaone Ntsima, met with Coca-Cola Beverages Botswana (CCBB), led by Marketing Director Ms. Flora Jika, to strengthen collaboration and explore partnership opportunities that support Botswana's economic growth and sustainable development.

The engagement provided a valuable platform for strategic dialogue, allowing both parties to exchange perspectives, reinforce their partnership, and reaffirm their shared commitment to Botswana's long-term economic prosperity.

Key discussions focused on community empowerment initiatives, opportunities for new product development, and continued investment in Botswana. CCBB also announced a range of community investment initiatives aimed at supporting local communities and promoting inclusive socio-economic development.

The meeting underscored the importance of strong public-private partnerships in advancing entrepreneurship, attracting investment, creating opportunities, and fostering sustainable economic growth in Botswana.

๐Ÿ“ธ: Kevin Keitshupang

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šโ€“๐Œ๐ˆ๐“ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งThe Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship convened its Annual Review Meeting...
30/07/2026

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šโ€“๐Œ๐ˆ๐“ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

The Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship convened its Annual Review Meeting of the Botswanaโ€“Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Collaboration Agreement at Cresta Lodge today to evaluate progress made under the partnership and identify priorities for the next phase of implementation.

The meeting brought together government officials and key stakeholders to assess achievements in advancing entrepreneurship, innovation, and skills development. Discussions highlighted progress in strengthening Botswana's entrepreneurial ecosystem, supporting startup growth, and fostering innovation to advance the country's economic diversification agenda.

The review also provided an opportunity to explore areas for enhanced collaboration and align future initiatives with Botswana's national development priorities. Participants reaffirmed the importance of partnerships in building a resilient and innovation-driven economy.

The Ministry reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with MIT and other strategic partners to ensure the collaboration continues to create opportunities for entrepreneurs, promote innovation, and contribute to sustainable economic growth and job creation.

๐Ÿ“ธ: Kevin Keitshupang

๐๐‘๐„๐’๐’ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐†๐Ž๐€ ๐๐‘๐„๐…๐„๐‘๐„๐๐‚๐„๐’The Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship wishes to inform the business communit...
30/07/2026

๐๐‘๐„๐’๐’ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„

๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐†๐Ž๐€ ๐๐‘๐„๐…๐„๐‘๐„๐๐‚๐„๐’

The Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship wishes to inform the business community and the public at large that following the expiration of the United States Section 122 temporary global tariffs on 24 July 2026, exporters can once again benefit fully from the duty-free access provided under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

The expiration of the global tariffs bring immediate, vital relief to local economic sectors. Most notably, it safeguards the global competitiveness of Botswana's natural diamond sector and other key export industries. Consequently, AGOA remains the primary active framework governing Botswana's duty-free exports to the U.S. market until 31 December 2026.

In light of this development, the Ministry encourages exporters to make the most of this opportunity by increasing production and expanding exports, especially in high potential sectors such as Agriculture and Agro-processing before the December 2026 deadline.

The business community is also reminded that the current AGOA extension serves as a transitional arrangement, pending the U.S. Government announcement of a long-term post-2026 structural future of AGOA. Therefore, the Ministry urges all local entrepreneurs, logistics networks, and export groups to align their corporate and strategic planning with this adjusted timeline.
To secure duty-free market access under this Act, all prospective and new exporters to the U.S. are advised to register with the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) before initiating shipments.

The Ministry remains committed to facilitating a conducive environment for international trade and will continue to provide updates as things evolve.

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Ndiyane Sekgopa
For/ Permanent Secretary

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐š-๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌThe Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship, led by the Minister, Hon. Tiroeaone ...
28/07/2026

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐š-๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

The Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship, led by the Minister, Hon. Tiroeaone Ntsima, this morning met applicants of the discontinued Chema-Chema programme at the Sebele Cooperative Training Centre to discuss the way forward following the programme's review.

In his remarks, the Minister said Government undertook a comprehensive review of the Chema-Chema programme to assess its effectiveness in promoting business growth and driving economic transformation. While the programme provided much-needed financial assistance to informal businesses, the review found that it was constrained by limited post-funding support, weak coordination and inadequate monitoring. It also concluded that funding individual businesses in isolation, particularly through loans, did not achieve the intended economic impact and, in many cases, left beneficiaries burdened with debt.

The Minister said Government has therefore resolved to redesign the programme in line with Botswana's Economic Transformation Programme (BETP), Vision 2036 and the Twelfth National Development Plan (NDP12).

"Under this new approach, beneficiaries will no longer be funded as isolated businesses competing against one another. Instead, we encourage entrepreneurs operating within similar sectors to organise themselves into co-operatives and business clusters, where they can collaborate, purchase collectively, share infrastructure, strengthen governance, improve market access and benefit from continuous business development support from Government," said Hon. Ntsima.

The Ministry will also hold consultative meetings in other parts of the country.

๐Ÿ“ธ: Kevin Keitshupang

28/07/2026

Chema Chema Consultancy

The Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship's leadership, led by the Honourable Minister, will today address applicants whose applications under the discontinued Chema Chema Programme had been approved and were awaiting funding.

For updates and further details, follow the Ministry's official page.

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