Botswana COVID entry, exit and testing procedures
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IMF staff completes 2021 Article IV Mission to Botswana
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The…
Attawapiskat First Nation Says to DeBeers’ Owners Anglo American and Botswana to Stop Mine Landfill: No Juukan Gorge in Our Traditional Territory!
De Beers Group (De Beers), a global diamond miner which is 85% owned by mining giant Anglo American and 15%…
World Bank sees robust growth in miners like Botswana
The World Bank’s biannual analysis of Africa’s economic outlook has shown that mining-dependent economies, such as Botswana, are expected to…
Economy shrank by 7.9% in 2020 – Statistics Botswana
The local economy contracted by 7.9% last year, its worst performance on record, as the weight of COVID-19 hit across…
Botswana diamond mining company launches tender for small solar park
Diamond Trading Company Botswana is seeking proposals for a 600 kW ground-mounted PV plant to power operations at its mining…
Power Metal Resources and Kavango Resources plan to list Botswana jv in London
“The conditional acquisitions announced today, subject to due diligence and approvals in Botswana, would significantly increase the footprint of Kanye…
Tlou Boomslang Project in Botswana moves ahead
The Botswana Government has approved an environmental impact statement (EIS) for Tlou Energy’s Boomslang project, the Sydney-listed company said on March…
BPC fails to get its way but power prices will still rise
Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) has given Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) permission to raise electricity tariffs, in the latest move…
Botswana receives first batch of purchased COVID vaccine
Botswana on Saturday received another batch of COVID-19 vaccines purchased by the Government to boost mass inoculations. Botswana’s Vice President,…
Kopore sells majority stake in Botswana copper asset
ASX-listed Kopore Metals has struck an agreement to sell 75% of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alvis-Crest to AIM-listed ARC Minerals. Perth-based…
Botswana says preliminary probe rules out bacterial infections in latest elephants deaths
Preliminary investigations into a fresh wave of elephants deaths in Botswana have ruled out anthrax and bacterial infections as the…
WHO, EU launch project to strengthen COVID-19 response in Botswana
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday launched a European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) funding…
SADC student visa may be on the horizon
Botswana academics, researchers and students may benefit from a proposal by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for a regional…
Botswana improves but remains on dirty money greylist
A new review of Botswana’s compliance with international Anti-Money Laundering/Combatting of Financing Terrorism (AML/CFT) standards has positively re-rated three key…
Bank of Botswana: S&P Global Ratings Affirms the sovereign credit rating and maintained the negative economic outlook on Botswana
S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has released the results of the review of the 2021 sovereign credit rating for Botswana. S&P…
Botswana, Namibia recommit to a water project
The governments of Botswana and Namibia have recommitted to the Walvis Bay seawater desalination plant project in Namibia. Botswana head…
Full extent of Botswana’s wealth and income inequality remains unknown
Botswana alongside South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and other SADC countries, is one of the world’s most unequal countries in the…
Pula depreciates against Rand
The local currency – Pula depreciated by 0.9% against its South African counterpart – the Rand over the one-month to…
Recon Botswana oil exploration goes ahead amid international pressure
The Botswana government remains relentless in its bid to allow Canadian oil and Gas Company ReconAfrica smooth passage to undertake…
Botswana, the rise of Africa’s outlier
Botswana stands out as one of Africa’s richest economies by gross domestic product per capita thanks to its vast diamond…
Unleashing the potential of rural economies as part of the development agenda
With a projected population of at least 3.2 billion people to live in rural areas by 2050, developing countries need…
Botswana opposition property auctioned to pay legal fees on vote fraud claims
Cars belonging to opposition party members are sold to cover the cost of their unsuccessful 2019 lawsuit. Botswana’s ruling party’s…
One Wireless introduces macro WiFi solutions in Botswana
Startup telecommunications company, One Wireless plans to deploy macro WiFi solutions to “WiFi-blanket” several cities in the country including Gaborone,…
Botswana seeks opportunities to integrate into South Africa auto value chain
The Botswana government believes there is an opportunity for the country to participate in the South African automotive sector. “Around 60%…
Botswana, Namibia explore partnership on water project
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi met with his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob in Windhoek on Thursday to explore the possibility of…