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BDC scores P736m loan for climate funding

Diamonds in the sky: The state investment agency will target climate related projects
Diamonds in the sky: The state investment agency will target climate related projects

State investment agency, the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) has secured a P736 million line of credit from German financier, Commerzbank AG, targeted at climate-related projects, BusinessWeek has learnt.

The loan will help the BDC support local investment in green technologies and industries as well as other funding needs in key sectors of the economy.

BDC officials said the funding would enhance the organisation’s ability to stimulate local spending and improve access to credit for many enterprises in Botswana.


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Boko should stop the fighting and start the delivering

With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...

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