Botswana Development Corporation

Overview

Botswana Development Corporation was established in 1970 as the primary government vehicle for commercial and industrial development. The Government of Botswana holds 100 percent ownership through the Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship. The corporation deploys capital across balanced, growth, expansion, venture, restructuring and divestiture strategies. It holds direct interests in mixed-use and commercial properties including Fairscape Precinct and Moedi in Gaborone, plus residential assets such as Grand Palm Sunset Apartments. Geographic focus remains Botswana, with co-investment activity recorded alongside Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund in Letlole La Rona. Team size and additional offices are not publicly disclosed. The firm maintains membership in the Association of African Development Finance Institutions and the Directors Institute of Botswana. It also operates a Corporate Social Investment program. Ownership by a single sovereign shareholder creates a direct mandate link to national industrialization policy that distinguishes the entity from private development finance institutions.