Infrastructure formed a prominent component of the State of the Nation address, with President Boko underscoring that industrialization cannot occur without high-grade transmission lines, modern logistics, and reliable water systems. To rehabilitate the country’s aging trade routes, the government sanctioned 772.4 million Pula in urgent funding to reconstruct six severely degraded sections of the A1 corridor, covering Ramatlabama to Lobatse, Lobatse to Boatle, Rasesa to Masama, Dibete to Mahalapye, Palapye to Serule, and Serule to Tonota. Work is advancing steadily along the northern transport grid, where extensive construction spans the Francistown-Nata and Nata-Gweta legs of the A3 highway, alongside the Nata-Pandamatenga segment of the A33. Across the country, fifteen major road rehabilitation contracts have reached an average completion rate of 67 percent, while nine newly awarded tenders are rehabilitating more than 300 kilometers of vital freight routes.
Logistical connectivity is taking an ambitious leap with the acceleration of the 1,600-kilometer Trans-Kalahari Railway. Following the successful finalization of bankable feasibility studies, commercial procurement for civil contractors will commence in the 2027/28 financial year, opening an export gateway to regional sea outlets. Concurrently, urban mobility is witnessing a technological transition through the TANA Metro Bus Programme, which launched Botswana’s first electric municipal transit fleet with a ten-bus pilot in Gaborone. For air travel and industrial commerce, the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport Special Economic Zone transferred all 82 serviced industrial plots to the Special Economic Zone Authority under a head lease structure. Four strategic factory shells are nearing completion for industrial occupation by April 2027, anchored by the 25.5 billion Pula New Airport City development partnered with ALBADDAD Holding and Alfateen, which features a 124,000 square meter international convention and exhibition complex where construction is already underway.
Water security and municipal utility upgrades received equal prioritization. The 1,600-kilometer Chobe-Zambezi Water Transfer Scheme has been optimized by integrating the Zambezi Agro-Commercial Development Project in Pandamatenga, with contractor procurement slated alongside the rail project for 2027/28. In Molepolole, where residents have grappled with unreliable tap supplies for nearly two decades, the Molepolole-Thamaga Water Network Project was prioritized under a Standard Chartered Bank and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency facility to guarantee long-term potable water. Property portfolio oversight was placed under Catalyst Real Estate Limited, a wholly state-owned entity established to manage and commercially monetize public buildings and land
