Also known as: BDC
Botswana Development Corporation — state enterprise implementing agricultural expansion projects including dairy cattle imports from Brazil and developing New Botswana City with UAE partners, currently executing turnaround strategy after reporting P167 million loss.
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The Botswana Gazette
Entities move to reduce Botswana’s dependence on diamonds as mining revenues face growing pressure GAZETTE REPORTER Debswana Diamond Company and Botswana Development Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at accelerating economic diversification and reducing …
Debswana, BDC Push DiversificationBotswana Development Corporation has begun importing 1,000 high-yield dairy cattle from Brazil to increase local milk production and reduce the country's dependence on dairy imports.
27 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana Development Corporation has begun importing 1,000 high-yield dairy cattle from Brazil to increase local milk production and reduce the country's dependence on dairy imports.
27 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
Botswana Development Corporation has launched a phased plan to import 1,000 high-yield dairy cattle from Brazil, beginning with 200 pregnant Girolando cows for Milk Valley Farm, aiming to boost local milk production and reduce dependence on imported dairy products.
22 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
Botswana has received its first batch of Girolando dairy cattle from Brazil at Milk Valley Farm in Lobatse as part of a government dairy project expansion. The farm is working with veterinary experts and a nutritionist to ensure the cattle acclimatise properly, with additional batches expected and construction ongoing to be completed early next year.
16 July 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Government has backed a loan and grant agreement with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa worth €110 million (P1.713 billion) to the Botswana Development Corporation to support industrial growth and employment, plus a €500,000 grant to Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources for agricultural research.
15 July 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Lobatse MP Kamal Jacobs says government priority projects for economic resuscitation and employment creation are progressing on schedule, citing the Milk Valley Farm expansion programme (expecting 200 cows from Brazil by June 2026), BMC and tannery upgrades, and meat value-addition facilities as examples advancing domestic production and reducing import reliance.
10 June 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
The Albaddad Group and the Botswana Development Corporation are developing New Botswana City, a US$1.9 billion, 126-hectare project expected to generate 25,000 to 37,500 direct and indirect jobs and strengthen Botswana's economic diversification.
9 June 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
The Botswana Development Corporation reported a P167 million loss for the fiscal year ending June 2025, with 47 percent of its loan book classified as non-performing. The corporation faces a structural cash shortfall of approximately P400 million annually, as debt servicing obligations of P450 million far exceed its annual cash flow of P55 million, prompting a 12-month turnaround strategy.
2 June 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Botswana Development Corporation revealed that its asset book of about P6 billion generates approximately P50 million in predictable cash, a conversion rate of under one percent, indicating the Corporation's assets are underperforming.
13 May 2026 · Mmegi →
The Botswana Development Corporation revealed that its P6 billion asset book generates about P50 million in predictable cash annually, a conversion rate of less than one percent, indicating the corporation's assets are underperforming relative to investment and risk.
13 May 2026 · Mmegi →
An outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Zone 11 has temporarily halted the arrival of 1,000 heifers from Brazil for Milk Valley Farm's Phase I expansion in Lobatse; cattle movement restrictions were imposed to mitigate FMD risk, though the heifers had already been purchased and quarantined in Brazil.
6 May 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Debswana Diamond Company and Botswana Development Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate economic diversification and reduce Botswana's dependence on diamond revenues, with focus on building a pipeline of future investments.
4 May 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →