What you can bring into Botswana
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What YourBotswana Isn’t
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Former President Festus Mogae appointed chair of Ibrahim Prize Committee
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation this week announced former President Festus Mogae as the new Chair of the Prize Committee for…
Newly-launched Export Credit Insurance to help local enterprises scale their offer beyond Botswana
The Assistant Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Honourable Karabo Gare on Friday launched the Medium and Long Term Export…
Great Plains’ Solar Mamas set to light the way with solar in their rural villages
The nine women from rural Botswana who left their homes in August last year to attend the Barefoot College in…
University of Botswana’s newly-commissioned biodiesel processing project to improve energy security
The University of Botswana Biodiesel Research Unit in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) has commissioned a biodiesel processing…
New Film details how Botswana benefits from diamonds
By nearly all accounts when it comes to the diamond industry, Botswana is a success story. Because of diamonds, the…
Kavango Drilling Botswana shows elevated copper & nickel values
Kavango Resources PLC says drilling has provided valuable geological information to assist in the understanding of the potential of the…
Botswana looks to UK-based company to print Botswana banknotes
The Government of Botswana through the Bank Of Botswana (BoB) has sought the services of a United Kingdom based company…
Popular cultural event Son of the Soil takes place in Rasesa at the end February
Good news for lovers of the popular cultural event, Son of the Soil! This year, the much-loved event returns on…
Policing 1960s Botswana – a very different matter to Britain
My parents are British and were living in Yorkshire. My father was a policeman and my mother a school teacher.…
Wilderness Safaris Botswana pioneers community farming project
February 2020 – Wilderness Safaris has invested over P800 000 in a local conservation farming project that aims to mitigate…
Gaborone Mayor aspires to turn Main Mall into cultural Hub
His Worship the Mayor of Gaborone, Father Maphongo says it is time Gaborone City Council (GCC) overhauled the Main Mall…
Visiting Maun? 10 pointers you might find useful
Maun is a former dusty outpost for intrepid travellers and old-school hunting outfits. Today Maun is the centre of Botswana’s…
Botswana radio host uses her voice to help her community
Yandile Nuku is proving that the airwaves are just as important now, as ever. The young radio host uses the…
Botswana: Suspected Coronavirus cases test negative
All five suspected cases of Novel Coronavirus in Botswana have tested negative, health authorities announced on Thursday. Five suspected cases…
Lucara recovers 549-carat white gem diamond from Karowe Mine
Lucara Diamond Corp has announced the recovery of a 549-carat white diamond of exceptional purity from its Karowe Diamond Mine…
Pangolin Diamonds identifies 20 new exploration targets
Toronto Venture Listed-mining company Pangolin Diamonds has identified 20 new potential kimberlite formation targets for immediate exploration in the Malatswae area.…
Botswana projects narrower budget deficit for 2020/21
Botswana projects a narrower budget deficit in the 2020/21 fiscal year as the government cuts expenditure and revenue collection improves,…
De Beers begins year on high note
Publishing Date: 3 February 2020 Following a difficult sales year in 2019, Global Diamond mining giant, De Beers Group has…
Botswana one of the three countries WEF pilot Friends of Africa Growth Platform initiative
Botswana is one of three countries selected for piloting the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Friends of Africa Growth Platform initiative,…
UB commissions Biodiesel Project
The University of Botswana Biodiesel Research Unit in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) will be commissioning its biodiesel…