Investment framework and opportunities in Botswana

Procedures Relative to Foreign Investment

Obligation to Declare: Foreign investors must register with the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA). The company registration process takes around 14 days; however, foreign investors should allow 48 days to complete additional required registrations such as tax registrations, opening bank accounts, and obtaining necessary licenses and permits.
Competent Organisation For the Declaration: Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry
Requests For Specific Authorisations: Foreign direct investment (FDI) is not permitted in small-scale businesses in retail trade services and manufacturing in order to protect local entrepreneurs. Furthermore, important utilities and services remain under State ownership and are not open to private investment - foreign or national. There are no restrictions in growing sectors such as mining, tourism, financial services and most mid- and large-scale manufacturing. However, trade and non-financial services, manufacturing and tourism all require a licence.

Investment Aid Agency: Botswana Investment and Trade Centre
Tenders, Projects and Public Procurement: Global Tenders, Government Tender Notices from Botswana
African Development Bank Group, Tenders in Botswana
Online Tenders, Tenders in Botswana
Central District Council Botswana, Tenders in the Central District (Botswana)
Other Useful Resources: Botswana National Development Bank
Botswana Development Corporation
Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency

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