Trailblazer, Dr Gaositwe Chiepe dies at 102
Dr Gaositwe Chiepe, a trailblazing stateswoman and the first Motswana woman to earn a diploma and a college degree, has…
Category: Our People
Mpho Sebina makes history as the first Botswana musician to join the Recording Academy
18 December 2024 It offers her a chance to serve the global music community and advocate for the rights of…
Tebogo and Hassan named 2024 World Athletes of the Year
1 December 2024 Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo announced as the overall World Athlete, and Male track athlete of the…
Botswana’s new president: Who is Duma Boko and what does he stand for?
12 November 2024 The electoral defeat delivered to the Botswana Democratic Party led by Mokgweetsi Masisi was met with incredulity…
Jesse Owens Rising Star Award: Letsile Tebogo
22 September 2024 For Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, the Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels delivered a bittersweet end to a…
Tebogo becomes Botswana’s first Olympic champion with 200m win in Paris
9 August 2024 Letsile Tebogo made history for Botswana at the Paris 2024 Games on Thursday (8), winning the first…
Kakomee turns discarded metals into beautiful sculptures
24 July 2024 Charles Kakomee showcases the transformative power of art by turning discarded pieces of metals into eye catching…
Botswana-born actress features in Disney film
17 June 2024 Botswana-born Malia Baker has featured in Disney Walt movie, The Descendants: Rise of Red, starring alongside popular…
Botswana student ranked top in Accounting globally
7 July 2024 17-year-old A-Levels Al-Nur School student Aditya Gopakumar has put Botswana in the global academic records after Cambridge…
Entrepreneur builds tech solutions for farming sector
23 April 2024 Tumo Kgabeng, 24, is co-founder of Anton Tech – an AI research company that seeks to transform…
Valuable astronomy work undertaken by Herts PhD student in Botswana
17 April 2024 Dr Kushatha Ntwaetsile, from Tsamaya in Botswana, studied computer science before following a basic training in radio…
Botswana short film wins an award in India
10 April 2024 A local short film, Partly Cloudy and Hot, wins the Best Short Film Award at the Mumbai International…
Botswana’s first ever Astrophysics doctorate graduates from University of Hertfordshire
22 February 2024 The first Motswana to ever complete a PhD in Astrophysics graduated from the University of Hertfordshire on…
Tebogo breaks world 300m best with 30.69 in Pretoria
17 February 2024 Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo stormed to a world 300m best of 30.69 at the Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out…
Branch received 124,000 incentive
Ross Branch, the motorcycle racer who finished second at the recently concluded Dakar Rally, has been honoured and given an…
Letsile Tebogo: Botswana’s great Olympic Games sprint hope wants change in African athletics
18 January 2024 As Botswana’s great track hope ahead of the 2024 Olympics, Letsile Tebogo has lofty ambitions for Africa.…
Serame named Africa’s Finance Minister of the Year
3 January 2024 The Banker magazine, a London-based Financial Times publication, has named Peggy Serame Africa’s Finance Minister of the…
How a man from Botswana is clearing East Coast cyclone slash and creating jobs
27 December 2023 One man’s slash has, for this group, become somewhat of a treasure. And it all started with…
Tebogo receives Presidential Order of Meritorious Service award
2 October 2023 Sprint sensation, Letsile Tebogo on Friday received the Presidential Order of Meritorious Service award. At 20, Tebogo…
Botswana doctoral researcher honoured with prestigious STEM fellowship
6 September 2023 Schlumberger Foundation award honours women from emerging economies A graduate student pursuing her doctorate in earth and…
Botswana-based tycoon Jonathan Gibson gains $8.5 million in just 15 days
31 August 2023 Botswana-based businessman Jonathan Gibson has now solidified his position as one of the foremost investors on the…
Letsile Tebogo Becomes First African to Win a Medal in Men’s 100m at World Athletics Champs
21 August 2023 Botswana 100-metre sprinter, Letsile Tebogo, has become the first African to win a men’s 100m medal at…
Botswana basketball player has eyes on America’s NBA
Serowe born and raised, Ntungwa Nkgaswa (pictured above) has been shortlisted as a free agent for the American National Basketball…
Botswana’s Dr Matlhogonolo Mongwa named among Africa’s Top 50 Business heroes of 2023
In a momentous announcement, Dr Matlhogonolo Mongwa, the visionary leader behind Kalafhi Medical Center, has secured a coveted spot among…
Spotlight on Vee Mampeezy
Botswana’s pocket-sized music icon, Vee Mampeezy is a shining example of an artist who has risen from humble beginnings to…
At age 11, he’s moving the needle for Botswana farmers
With the help of a new mobile application called Farm Assistant, developed by Wu Zeyin, farmers in Botswana can make…