Study shows Batswana alarmed at high unemployment

According to the Afrobarometer survey dated January 11, 2018, among the varied challenges confronting developing countries, unemployment consistently ranks near the top; across 36 African countries the Afrobarometer surveyed in 2014-2015, unemployment was the most frequently cited problem that citizens said their government should address. 

The report that was compiled by Mogopodi Lekorwe, Kabelo Moseki, and Mokaloba Mokaloba states that in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA), delivered in November 2017, President Ian Khama offered a positive economic outlook for Botswana the country.  The President cited a recovery of 4.3 percent growth in 2016 and a projected growth of 4.7 percent and 5.3 percent in 2017 to 2018.