Botswana launches platforms for empowering entrepreneurs
Botswana launches platforms for empowering entrepreneurs. Botswana and its financial institution Absa Bank Botswana signed a Memorandum of Understanding on…
Air Botswana gets more capital injection
The Botswana government says a lot of effort is required towards revitalisation of Air Botswana, with focus on diversification of…
Kavango finds further evidence of mineralisation at Ditau
Kavango Resources PLC (LSE:KAV, OTC:KVGOF) said it has identified further evidence of a potential wider mineralised system at the i10 target…
Botala Energy to flow test Botswana well after confirming gas in coalbeds
April 3, 2023 Botala Energy has also secured local asset status, allowing for investment from local government and Botswana-based pension…
Jeremy Clarkson, 62, hilariously poses with a meerkat on his head
PUBLISHED: 09:30 BST, 31 March 2023 Jeremy Clarkson, 62, hilariously poses with a meerkat on his head during Botswana getaway…
Botswana introduces e-locker medicine dispensing programme
Botswana’s health ministry has launched a digital medicine dispensing programme in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital city. GABORONE, April 1 (Xinhua) —…
Morupule Colliery chairman aims to turn Botswana into regional energy hub
Morupule Colliery Mine’s Chairman, Dr. Bonny Matshediso has sounded warning bells to the mining sector about the impending mining framework,…
Galileo Resources encouraged by progress in Botswana
Galileo Resources PLC (AIM:GLR) said multiple drilling targets have been identified on its Kalahari Copperbelt project in western Botswana on licences sold…
It’s a mine boom in Botswana
At least three mines are expected to open between this year and 2026, Botswana Mining and Energy Conference heard on Wednesday.…
Kavango confirms larger banded-iron formation at Ditau Project in Botswana
Kavango Resources PLC said Friday that it has confirmed an extension to a mineralised banded iron formation at the Ditau…
Botswana NGOs unite to tackle rampant vulture poisoning
Two separate incidents in Chobe National Park decimated close to one hundred endangered white-backed vultures last year As a response…
Botswana: Africa’s longest uninterrupted democracy goes global
The second Summit for Democracy initiated by US president Joe Biden takes place simultaneously in five continents this week. It…
Cobre kicks off soil sampling with aircore drilling imminent targeting copper-silver at Kitlanya West in Botswana
Cobre Ltd (ASX:CBE) has begun further soil sampling and preparations for the upcoming 10,000-metre aircore programme at its Kitlanya West (KITW)…
Botswana to Take Stake in HB, Challenging De Beers’ Dominance
(Bloomberg) — Botswana will acquire a 24% stake in Belgian diamond trader HB Antwerp, in a challenge to the southern…
Oxford Professor defends KAZA
Professor Amy Dickman, a conservation biologist and senior research fellow in Wild Cat Conservation at the University of Oxford says…
Botswana gets over P1.8BN for water projects loan
The Botswana Government has secured a US$145.5 million World Bank loan to comprehensively address water and sanitation sector problems. This…
Hundreds of citizens ditch Botswana over strict dual citizenship law
Hundreds of Batswana have denounced their citizenship over the past decade as a result of the government’s anti-dual citizenship legislation.…
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…
Going green: How technology offers development and climate benefits
Green technologies such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things and electric vehicles are growing rapidly and could create a…
Botswana launches first Agrivoltaic project to harness solar power
Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) launched an Agrivoltaic project in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, on Wednesday.…
De Beers’ sales reach P6.7bn
De Beers recently sold an estimated $495 million (P6.7bn) of rough diamonds in its second auction of the year, a…
Elephants are a dream for safari lovers – but a nightmare for local farmers
A microbrewery in Botswana is creating a recipe to relieve tensions between people and pachyderms As horizontal lightning darted across…
National Geographic announces three new Batswana explorers
The National Geographic Society on Monday announced three new National Geographic Explorers from Botswana. These three individuals were named Explorers…
Caterpillar, Barloworld, AMS and Sandfire collaborate at Motheo in Botswana
When Sandfire Resources produces the first ore from its new Motheo copper mine in Botswana, southern Africa, later this year,…
BMC still struggling with marketing products, paying farmers on time
“Though the quality of Botswana beef is high, Botswana Meat Commission could be stronger on marketing strategy and differentiation, and…
Air Botswana will go under the hammer again – just not now
The government has resuscitated its plans to privatise the national airline, Air Botswana. Although details are still sketchy, the Minister…