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Pula Investment Conference – Overview
The Pula Investment Conference is a premier investment facilitation platform under the flagship of Global Expo Botswana (GEB) 2025, conceptualized to accelerate Botswana’s economic transformation agenda through strategic investment engagement. Positioned as a national initiative with international reach, the conference seeks to unlock business opportunities, connect high-potential projects with credible investors, and enable deal-making that drives sustainable economic growth.
Taking its name from Botswana’s national currency and symbol of value and pride, the “Pula” Investment Conference reflects the country's renewed commitment to stimulate development, job creation, and inclusive prosperity. The 2025 edition marks the inaugural launch of this conference and will be one of the most prominent highlights of GEB 2025.
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Objectives of the Pula Investment Conference
The Pula Investment Conference is designed to:
• Present curated, investment-ready projects to a targeted audience of local and international investors, financiers, and development partners.
• Facilitate investment matchmaking between project owners, private investors, government entities, and multilateral institutions.
• Support Botswana’s goals to diversify the economy and reduce dependence on mineral exports through sector-driven investment attraction.
• Foster dialogue on policy alignment, financing solutions, and investment readiness across priority sectors.
• Drive impact through real-time engagements such as Deal Rooms, where parties can enter early-stage negotiations or conclude MOUs.
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Target Sectors
The Conference will feature bankable, high-impact projects across Botswana’s most promising economic sectors, with a focus on:
1. Infrastructure Development
Projects in energy (including renewables), transport (rail, road, air), housing, logistics, water, and smart cities.
2. Manufacturing & Industrialization
Industrial zones, agro-processing, textiles, assembly plants, and value-added production targeting regional export markets.
3. Agriculture & Agribusiness
Scalable commercial farming, horticulture, livestock value chains, food processing, and agri-tech solutions.
4. Tourism & Hospitality
Eco-tourism, luxury resorts, heritage tourism, transport infrastructure, and community-based tourism ventures.
5. Mining & Mineral Beneficiation
Investment in mining operations, cutting and polishing, smelting, and downstream value addition.
6. Financial Services & FinTech
Opportunities in microfinance, mobile money, banking infrastructure, credit platforms, insurtech, and capital markets.
7. Health & Pharmaceuticals
Investment-ready opportunities in pharmaceutical production, health facilities, medical research, and wellness tourism.
8. Innovation & Technology
Startup incubation, software development, robotics, AI applications, digital infrastructure, and smart solutions for business and government.
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Format & Programming
The Conference will comprise:
• Plenary Sessions with keynote speakers from government, private sector, and international development partners.
• Investment Panels to explore trends, opportunities, and financing mechanisms in target sectors.
• Project Showcases where vetted project promoters pitch to investors.
• Deal Rooms – private, structured B2B and B2G sessions facilitating confidential discussions, partnerships, and MOU signing.
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Expected Outcomes
• Investment commitments and expressions of interest for showcased projects.
• Strengthened partnerships between local businesses and international financiers.
• Development of sectoral pipelines for continuous investment facilitation post-GEB.
• A stronger international investor perception of Botswana as an attractive, stable, and innovative destination.

For more information, click here: Pula Investment Conference Overview

Register here: https://forms.gle/HMoMfCnev7f6Xz9a9

Deadline for Submission: 25th July 2025
Contact us: geb@bitc.co.bw

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