{"id":25126,"date":"2025-08-21T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/?p=25126"},"modified":"2025-10-12T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:40:08","slug":"botswana-and-qatar-seal-12b-investment-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/botswana-and-qatar-seal-12b-investment-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana and Qatar Seal $12B Investment Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 21 August 2025, Botswana President Duma Boko announced that Botswana Development Corporation (<a href=\"http:\/\/BotswanaDevelopmentCorporation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BDC<\/a>) and Qatar&#8217;s Al Mansour Holdings have singed an investment deal worth USD 12 billion. The deal covers several sectors including agriculture, cybersecurity &amp; defense, energy, mining, tourism, and diamond as Botswana is one of the largest diamond producers in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Mansour Holdings is owned by the Qatari royal family and is run by Sheikh Mansour Bin Jabor Bin Jassim Al Thani who arrived in Gaborone with a delegation on Wednesday 20 August 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Boko Secures P168 Billion Qatari Investment in Historic Deal \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fVSfsi7bs5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Boko underscored that the agreement will contribute to the economic diversification and long-term prosperity of Botswana. His vision is to build a Botswana that is globally competitive and well-prepared for future challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IMF estimates that this level <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/fdi\/\">#FDI<\/a> could add at least 2%  to the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/gdp\/\">#GDP<\/a> growth of the economy in Botswana over the next five years. The agreement with Botswana is one of series of deals that Qatar is concluding around Africa (<a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/qa300b\/\">#QA300B<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 21 August 2025, Botswana President Duma Boko announced that Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) and Qatar&#8217;s Al Mansour Holdings have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[38,148,1025],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Botswana and Qatar Seal $12B Investment Deal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/botswana-and-qatar-seal-12b-investment-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Botswana and Qatar Seal $12B Investment Deal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On 21 August 2025, Botswana President Duma Boko announced that Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) and Qatar&#8217;s Al Mansour Holdings have\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/botswana-and-qatar-seal-12b-investment-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Business Council (GBC)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T19:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-12T07:40:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BW-01w-jpg.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"gbc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gbc\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/botswana-and-qatar-seal-12b-investment-deal\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/botswana-and-qatar-seal-12b-investment-deal\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"gbc\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/#\/schema\/person\/cab6d6e84e5294af65e6aa76c5752fad\"},\"headline\":\"Botswana and Qatar Seal $12B Investment Deal\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-21T19:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-12T07:40:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/botswana-and-qatar-seal-12b-investment-deal\/\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"FDI\",\"GDP\",\"QA300B\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Trade &amp; 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