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Sectors · Digital economy across SADC

Digital economy in Botswana

Where the networks run, who is connected and how fast, who is building data centres, and where the tech markets are strongest.

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Exports of the pillar's goods, 2024US$1.8m-37% on five years earlier · 10th in SADC
Deals in the last 12 months37 tracked in Botswana in all

People using the internet: Botswana against SADC

People using the internet, people, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's digital economy page.

010m20m30m40m50mSouth Africa50.2mDRC21.5mTanzania21.4mAngola15.4mMozambique7.1mZimbabwe6.9mMadagascar6.0mMalawi4.1mZambia3.6mNamibia2.0mBotswana1.4mLesotho1.2mMauritius913kEswatini788kComoros282kSeychelles107kmedian 3.9m

Source: dotzedw·dotzedw Insights Centre

Botswana's trade in digital economy goods since 2012

Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$

0$50m$100m$150m2012201420162018202020222024ExportsUS$1.8mImportsUS$106m
Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Subsectors

11 in this pillar

Mobile networks in Botswana

Tracks
Operators, subscriptions and share, data traffic, base stations by technology, revenue and investment, spectrum.
Signals ahead
Spectrum auctions, licence conditions, tower deals.

Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.

Trade in detail

Botswana exported US$1.3m and imported US$67m of mobile networks in 2024; exports down 32% on five years earlier, 0.4% of what SADC sells abroad.

Botswana's main exports in this subsector, 2024

Phones and network equipment (851762)US$722k
Phones and network equipment (851770)US$421k
Phones and network equipment (851761)US$127k
Phones and network equipment (851769)US$44k
Phones and network equipment (851712)US$10k

Botswana's trade in mobile networks every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan

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What Botswana sells abroad across digital economy

Botswana's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.

Mobile networksUS$1.3m0.4% of SADC · -32% on five years earlier
Data centres and cloudUS$469k0.2% of SADC · -48% on five years earlier
Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Who is moving

Open in the deals tracker

3 deals in the last 12 months involving Botswana, placed in subsectors by what they say.

Tech market rankings for every country

Sources and method