Businesses less optimistic about 2010 - Survey

According to a survey carried out by international accounting and consultancy firm, Grant Thornton, Botswana business expectations for employment growth, revenues and profitability remain positive while bureaucracy and a lack of skilled workers are holding businesses back.

As a result, the country's optimism level has fallen 19 percentage points from +81 percent in 2009 to +62 percent in 2010.
This compares unfavourably with optimism among businesses globally, which rose by 40 percentage points to +24 percent from -16 percent.