First Stage of Botswana Diamond Technology Park Nears Completion

The first stage of the Botswana Diamond Technology Park near Gaborone is nearing completion. The South African Diamond Corporation owns the first building. Steinmetz plans to open a cutting, polishing and jewelry-manufacturing facility there at the end of the month.

The architecture of the park is based on a `rough to polished` concept of diamonds. The second stage of the park involves the construction of `The Atrium,` which will serve as a central service building and feature machinery supply companies, IT companies, a laboratory, cleaning service providers and more.

The decision to build the technology park constitutes a clear change in official policy as 15 companies, which were earlier denied permission to process diamonds, have been granted relevant licenses to do so.