{"id":235873,"date":"2026-06-10T05:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/botswana\/botswana-new-botswana-city-to-unlock-economic-diversification\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T05:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:23:11","slug":"botswana-new-botswana-city-to-unlock-economic-diversification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/botswana\/botswana-new-botswana-city-to-unlock-economic-diversification\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana: New Botswana City to Unlock Economic Diversification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"15\">Gaborone \u2014 Botswana&#8217;s proposed multi-billion Pula World Trade Centre (WTC) is pivotal to recalibrating the nation&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">The project aims to shift away from reliance on diamond exports toward a diversified hub for regional commerce, exhibitions and international investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"13\">This landmark project is a core component of the Botswana Economic Transformation Programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"17\">It anchors a broader initiative to transform Botswana from a landlocked nation into a landlinked trade hub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n  <span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><br \/>\nKeep up with&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202606090092.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Botswana\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/botswana\/\">Botswana<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaborone \u2014 Botswana&#8217;s proposed multi-billion Pula World Trade Centre (WTC) is pivotal to recalibrating the nation&#8217;s economy. The project aims to shift away from reliance on diamond exports toward a diversified hub for regional commerce, exhibitions and international investment. This landmark project is a core component of the Botswana Economic Transformation Programme. It anchors a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":235874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2461],"tags":[258,256,4718,2462,6603,12281,3576,257,254,19587],"class_list":["post-235873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-botswana","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-botswana","tag-botswana-news","tag-city","tag-diversification","tag-economic","tag-news","tag-south-africa-today","tag-unlock"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}