Botswana-China Business Forum

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October 2026
15 OctDaily News Botswana
… that take the lead, but in this particular instance, the government of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Botswana have now elevated their relationship to the highest level possible,” President Boko said during a fireside chat at the Botswana-China Business Forum …
Botswana open for business
13 OctDaily News Botswana
… The high point of President Boko's visit involves the formal signing of Memoranda of Understanding in various sectors and the hosting of the Botswana-China Business Forum, which has attracted 30 Botswana companies and over 100 Chinese companies. …
Boko hails China development model
12 OctDaily News Botswana
… President Boko is also expected to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument to the People’s Heroes and also officiate at the Botswana-China Business Forum. …
Boko and Xi hold talks
12 OctDaily News Botswana
… Speaking in an interview ahead of the Botswana-China Business Forum to be held in Beijing, China Thursday, Ms Bokhutlo-Mutapati explained that Botswana had already identified a site for its ambitious e-mobility project. …
Botswana eyes e-Mobility hub

World & Region

Botswana-China partnership elevated to facilitate business investment

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President Advocate Duma Boko announced that Botswana-China relations have been elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, which will enable businesses to operate seamlessly in Botswana and across Africa. Boko emphasized Botswana's political stability, recent peaceful change of government, and highest continental credit rating as reasons investors should view it as the safest entry point to Africa.

15 October 2026 · Daily News Botswana →

Thursday 15 October

Botswana-China partnership elevated to facilitate business investment
President Advocate Duma Boko announced that Botswana-China relations have been elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, which will enable businesses to operate seamlessly in Botswana and across Africa. Boko emphasized Botswana's political stability, recent peaceful change of government, and highest continental credit rating as reasons investors should view it as the safest entry point to Africa.
15 October 2026 · Daily News Botswana →

Tuesday 13 October

Boko says Botswana wants to emulate China's development model
President Duma Boko told President Xi Jinping in Beijing that Botswana wants to follow China's rapid development path, praising China for lifting over 800 million people out of poverty in less than four decades and commending its visionary leadership since 1949.
13 October 2026 · Daily News Botswana →

Monday 12 October

Botswana plans e-mobility hub with China partnership
Botswana aims to establish an e-mobility hub for producing and assembling electric vehicle components, leveraging its 50-year diplomatic relationship with China. A site has been identified in Serorome Valley along the Tropic of Capricorn for the project, with President Advocate Duma Boko visiting China to benchmark against Fuzhou's 30-year development transformation.
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President Boko meets Xi Jinping in Beijing for bilateral talks
President Advocate Duma Boko held official talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing to discuss trade and economic cooperation, including agriculture, health, education, digitalisation, defence, tourism and infrastructure development. Boko participated in a wreath-laying ceremony and officiated at the Botswana-China Business Forum during the state visit.
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