A technical assistance (TA) mission was conducted by IMF’s Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa (AFS)1 during November 2023 to assist Statistics Botswana (SB) in reviewing and finalizing the questionnaires to be used in the Census of Economic Establishments (CEE), sample design and the information technology (IT) processing system in preparation for the rebasing of the national accounts. The IMF country team raised concerns about some of the deflators being used which the mission followed up on.The draft CEE questionnaires finalized during the previous mission in March 2023, have been tested. Some improvements were identified and have been incorporated into the CEE questionnaires. The trade questionnaire was redesigned and will be tested in the second round of testing. The construction questionnaire will also be tested in the second round mainly because of non-response in the first round. The IT system specifications were reviewed, and several improvements were incorporated.SB need to engage an IT specialist as soon as possible to develop the system so it can be tested. The preparation of the activity list to be used for industry coding a business was commenced during the mission. The team will continue to develop this list as well as the product list in the coming months.