Wilderness Safaris Opens Rebuilt DumaTau, Little DumaTau Camps
Wilderness Safaris has announced the opening of the completely rebuilt DumaTau Camp, as well as Little DumaTau—a co-located but smaller…
Botswana COVID entry, exit and testing procedures
With the recent US CDC and various countries’ announcements that travel is now permitted, you may be getting a little…
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…
Enterprising Batswana used wood ash to rid livestock of ticks
The firewood-ash midden at the entrance of a cattle kraal in the bye-gone era wasn’t exactly a plunge dip tank…
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…
Botswana’s unemployment rate keeps rising – find alternative ways of earning!
Botswana’s unemployment figures are swelling to crazy, unprecedented levels despite government efforts to solve the problem. “The unemployment rate went…
From glass beads to the Pula: A history of Botswana’s currency
The BWP (the Botswana pula) is one of the strongest and most stable currencies in Africa. Despite this, its value…
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…
ThreeD Capital reports premium nickel resources awarded exclusivity to acquire former BCL assets in Botswana
ThreeD Capital Inc. (“ThreeD” or the “Company”) (CSE:IDK) (OTCQB:IDKFF), a Canadian-based venture capital firm focused on opportunistic investments in companies…
Botswana finds 11 diamonds at Thorny River project
Botswana Diamonds (LON:BOD) said on Monday it had recovered 11 diamonds and “abundant” kimberlitic indicators from drill samples at its…
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 to develop digital museum to attract tourists
Botswana is developing a digital museum to facilitate access to the country’s heritage and cultural crafts for the international audience.…
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…
Botswana traditional games at risk of disappearing
With the advent of modern technology, a lot of our traditions and norms, including popular games, have fallen by the…
Delele – the Kalanga super food that packs a punch
On account of the slimy consistency of ‘delele’ (scientific name: corchorus olitorius)when cooked, this superfood doesn’t rank highly on many…
Kavango Resources announces encouraging results from AEM surveys over Kalahari Copper Belt
Kavango Resources PLC (LON:KAV)has announced encouraging initial results from airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveys flown over its interests in the Kalahari Copper…
Hang with elephants then hit the pool on this $25,000 safari in Botswana
A new trip from Wilderness Safaris takes travellers to some of the most luxurious camps on the continent and gets…
The safest African countries to visit in 2021
The second-largest continent in the world is rarely at the top of most people’s list of countries to visit. The…
Designer Peter Mabeo is making his mark by slowing things down
Peter Mabeo is feeling his way toward furniture’s global future—and location, he’s decided, is everything. After 25 years in Botswana’s…
Spanish success for local tennis ace
Botswana’s overseas tennis ace, Ekua Refilwe Youri continued her impressive rise up the ranks last weekend, triumphing at the Catalan…
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…
Copper prices a boon for Botswana economy
The sustained surge in the price of copper has turned the focus to Botswana as explorers become bullish about the…
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…