The fairy tale that is Botswana’s diamond story started with a pack of prospectors that traversed the rough terrain of the Boteti area, with nothing more...
Group Chief Executive Officer, Ramachandran Ottapathu The pair at the helm of retail group, Choppies, is finally on course to selling off a string of companies...
The National Development Bank will shrink the Bank’s 2013/14 comprehensive loss by at least 50 percent during the year 2014/15 to ensure that the NDB tracks...
Local coal miner, Shumba Coal, has endured a tough year of operations as the junior mining sector saw falling stocks with cost reductions, contraction, and suspension...
The insurance space is ripe for growth, considering the low 1 percent market penetration of the sector in Botswana. However, the oldest short term insurer in...
Former State President, Sir Ketumile Masire, this week, officially unveiled the re-born insurer, Bona Life Insurance Company. Bona Life is the product of the rebranding of...
The financing woes of small and medium sized enterprises could come to an end as Barclays Bank Botswana finally brings a United States Government backed programme...
Botswana insurance Company (BIC) is as old as the local insurance industry. The largest short term insurer in the country has reached 40 years of operating...
P320 million cost overruns in audited road works Two public road works completed recently, have attracted the attention of the Office of the Auditor General after...
A new emergency medical services operator entered the Botswana market. Boitekanelo Emergency Medical Services (BEMS), a subsidiary of the Boitekanelo Group of companies, was launched on...
Beef Measles incidence likely to increase Botswana Meat Commission is feeling the pressure of the water shortage situation. This was revealed by BMC spokesperson Brian...
Minister Vincent Seretse The annual general meeting of the private sector apex body, Business Botswana, held this week on Tuesday, revealed a clash between larger business...
Mupane fined for illegal mining of dumps after admission by miner Mupane Gold Mining Company has found itself on the wrong side of the Department of...
The Botswana technology and innovation playing field, although hugely underfunded, is seeing some strides with Batswana making the grade on groundbreaking inventions. A local innovator and...
Human Resource Development Council acting chief executive Dr Molutsi Manufacturing is touted to have the much needed jobs and, drive creativity and innovation throughout every segment...
Masa Hotel puts one over competition with new Suites Major property portfolio holder, RDC Properties, on an ascending growth trajectory, not only increasing its hotel property,...
The biggest ever financial scam of all times was perpetrated by a financial services firm. Bernard Madoff, shook the American regulation regime from its deep slumber....
Letshego group managing director, Christopher Low After Letshego Holdings Limited’s abortive attempt to acquire a banking license for its Botswana operations, the Group is confident that...
In its bid to redeem itself from being a loss making, scandal ridden organisation, Government’s Investment arm, Botswana Development Corporation has pulled out the ante with...
The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is on a quest to grow. This growth will be evident in its market capitalization as well as the liquidity of...
Bramerlife Chief Executive Officer, Regina Sikalesele-Vaka The newest life insurer in the country, Bramerlife, will soon shed any vestiges of its association with its former parent...
Chief Executive of BMC, Dr Akolang Tombale The Botswana Meat Commission this week welcomed much needed relief in the form of P300 million to restructure its...
Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) is in the developmental phase of nanotechnology based solutions for problems that exist in Botswana. The science and...
The tax authorities of the southern African region, among them, Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS), are taking positive, concerted efforts to work together in curbing illicit...
BURS to tap into Tax Inspectors Without Borders Botswana could soon benefit from better tax collection and audits, with the assistance of a new initiative...
88 lose jobs as Lobatse opaque drinks plant closes down The country’s sole producer of beverages, Kgalagadi Breweries Limited, laid off 88 employees this week following...
Company launches fresh corporate identity The country’s foremost life insurer, Botswana Life Insurance Limited, this week celebrated its 40th anniversary with the launching of a fresh...
Mampane and Saleshando saw a real market gap Boitekanelo College represents the aspirations of economic diversification, citizen empowerment, quality education, employment creation, and human resource development...
The largest flag carrier on the continent, Ethiopian Airlines, will make its maiden flight to Botswana on 30 June this year. This move is envisaged to...
Botswana Insurance Company managing director, Johann Claasen Competition in the insurance market has tightened in the last five years, observes Botswana Insurance Company managing director, Johann...
While the world, not in the least, Botswana, battles unemployment of up to 20 percent, the question of how to create jobs and sustainable livelihoods, has...
Top economist says the coal age has gone past India will be probably the biggest customer of Botswana coal. China’s move to put restrictions on coal...
Power generation from Coal bed methane gas in Botswana is possible, Tlou Energy has established. Country Manager at Tlou, Gabaake Gabaake, this week at the Botswana...
Second instalment of show after 28 year absence The second edition of Ngamiland International Trade and Agricultural Expo (NITAEX) will be held end of July this...
Bank of Botswana governor, Linah Mohohlo Commercial banks have not gone on a lending spree after getting P2,3 billion in liquidity relief, the central bank informed...
Cresta chief executive Glen Stuchbury Cresta Hotels group is eyeing organic expansion into new promising areas as it seeks to increase its footprint. Speaking on the...
The Botswana Government, through the Ministry of Mineral, Energy and Water Resources, is reviewing its original designs for the P16 billion pula ($1.6 billion) project, Permanent...
Linah Mohohlo, Governor at the central bank Bank of Botswana, has concurred with Brettonwoods institution, International Monetary Fund (IMF), that Botswana has to make reforms, albeit...
The Competition Authority will approach the High Court to decide on a case in which it alleges collusion and bid rigging by two companies awarded a...
The Governments of Botswana and Namibia a determined to see through, the construction of the Trans Kahalari railway line, despite concerns raised in some quarters over...
NEW BEGINNING: Business Botswana president and his CEO hug to mark the future Business Botswana is the new name of what has, for the past 46...
Asset management firm African Alliance says that it is highly likely that commercial banks funding will remain structurally tighter and that household disposable incomes will remain...
MRI Botswana Limited has grown from strength to strength in its 22 years of existence in the country. The company recently launched a diversified offering of...