Category: Business

      Lesotho’s NSDP II: A Comprehensive Examination of the Extended Strategic Plan and Youth Employment Crisis Understanding the framework, tracking progress, and examining the fight against unemployment   Writes Letsatsi Selikoe When Lesotho launched its second National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP II) in April 2018, it set an ambitious five-year roadmap to transform […]

Foreword by the Minister of Finance Once more, I am extremely delighted to invite you to the 6th edition of Lesotho Insights. We continue to share the unique story of our Mountain Kingdom with the world. I am proud of this coffee table book because it is the epitome of patriotism. It continues to keep […]

Writes Keketso Lawrence The Kingdom of Lesotho has a rich history of trade with people from clans and tribes from neighbouring nations. Legend has it that Basotho in the early 1800s were already in regular contact with other nations from across the seas and beyond the plains of the great deserts, exchanging artifacts, animal skins, […]

Writes Bereng Mpaki Lesotho’s development agenda received a shot in the arm with the signing of the US$300 million Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact in May 2022 as the country endeavours to diversify and stabilise active sectors that are earmarked to grow the country’s GDP. However, despite signing the second MCC compact, Lesotho must meet […]

Writes Lawrence Keketso Lesotho’s energy sector is one of the most infant and under-developed, with the country’s efforts towards self-sufficiency in electricity generation well on course and in line with the national development strategy goals. The country is already enjoying benefits of an almost 100 percent clean energy, with a mix of hydro, wind and […]