To create a conducive environment for the promotion of Investment and development of Sustainable Industries and Trade, with a view to diversifying and growing the economy, creating wealth and employment, so that there is prosperity for all.
In line with this Mandate, the Ministry has to achieve the following high-level deliverables:
- Creation of Sustainable Industries and Trade;
- Economic Diversification: Export development, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); and Expansions and Domestic Investment.
- Wealth and Employment Creation;
- Citizen Economic Empowerment;
- Entrepreneurship Development;
- Poverty Eradication; and
- Facilitating Investment through ease of doing business
Departments/Sections of the Ministry
- Department of Trade and Consumer Affairs (DTCA).
- Department of Industrial Affairs (DIA)
- Department for Co-operatives Development (DCD).
- Department of International Trade (DIT).
- Economic Diversification Drive Unit (EDDU)
- Doing Business and Investment Unit
- Research Statistics and Policy Development Unit
Departments/Sections and Key Functions
Department of Trade and Consumer Affairs (DTCA)
Promotes the growth and development of internal trade, fair business practices and consumer protection and welfare through formulation of Policies and Legislation
Department of Industrial Affairs (DIA)
The department is responsible for facilitating industrial development in the country. It carries out its mandate through formulation, implementation and review of policies and programmes aimed at:
- Economic diversification,
- Employment creation,
- Support for local industries and
- Stimulation of local entrepreneurship
Department for Co-operatives Development (DCD)
The department is responsible for:
- To encourage the formation of co-operative societies by providing information on co-operative principles and practice and by facilitating registration;
- Register co-operative societies and ensure their compliance with the Act;
- To assist in the organization and efficient operation of co-operative societies;
Department of International Trade (DIT)
The Department is responsible for trade policy formulation and its implementation, import control, trade negotiations as well as implementation of international trade agreements.
Key Functions are:
- Trade negotiations
- Monitoring implementation of agreements
- Imports control
- Exemption of tariffs/import duties
Economic Diversification Drive Unit (EDDU)
To coordinate all efforts aimed at diversifying the country’s sources of economic growth and income in such a way that the country becomes more or less equally dependent on all sectors of the economy through the implementation of the EDD Short-term Strategy and the EDD Medium to Long-term Strategy.
EDD Short-term Strategy– is based on the use of Government interventions such as local procurement, the use of preference margins and citizen economic empowerment strategies to promote local production and consumption.
EDD Medium to Long-term Strategy– envisages diversification of the economy through the development of globally competitive enterprises that need little or no Government protection and support. Its major aim is to diversify the economy into sectors that will continue to grow long after minerals have run out. The Strategy envisages achievement of economic diversification through implementation of the EDD Thematic Areas which are:
- Sectoral Development and Business Linkages;
- Export Development and Promotion;
- Investment and Finance;
- Quality Control, Standards and Production;
- Technology Development, Innovation and Transfer;
- Research and Development; and
- Entrepreneurship Development
Doing Business and Investment Unit
The Doing Business Unit is responsible for the coordination of all efforts aimed at improving ease of doing business and competitive environment in Botswana. The unit also ensures that the regulatory framework is supportive and conducive to investment, trade and industrialization
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