$900m Khoemacau expansion lifts Botswana’s copper ambitions
3 March 2026 At full capacity, the 130 000 tpa operation will significantly boost output from the Khoemacau mine and…
3 March 2026 At full capacity, the 130 000 tpa operation will significantly boost output from the Khoemacau mine and…
1 March 2026 Botswana’s Vice President and Minister of Finance Ndaba Gaolathe emphasised on Thursday the need for greater investment…
1 March 2026 The lions that roamed the plains of northern Botswana were dying. One by one, the big cats…
26 February 2026 Botswana’s inflation will peak at just over 5% this year, down from a December forecast of 6.2%,…
26 February 2026 Canadian mineral exploration company Tsodilo Resources Limited has confirmed a significant rare earth and critical minerals discovery…
24 February 2026 Five years after the official opening of the iconic Kazungula Bridge, today in Kasane, Botswana and Zambia…
22 February 2026 Botswana is in talks with international pharmaceutical manufacturers to produce generic drugs locally as it recovers from…
21 February 2026 Standard Chartered Plc has begun a process to sell its Botswana business and expects to get first…
21 February 2026 In a significant step towards making mining the second pillar of its national economy, Côte d’Ivoire has…
20 February 2026 Botswana is accelerating its copper, cobalt and lithium strategy as structural shifts in global diamond markets push…
20 February 2026 Mining sector analysts increasingly recognise the transformative potential of battery metals across global supply chains. While lithium demand…
19 February 2026 In a significant step towards enhancing cross-border digital infrastructure, Namibia’s largest mobile operator, MTC, and Botswana Fibre…
19 February 2026 Tshukudu Metals Botswana has signed a landmark agreement to develop a 21-megawatt (MW) solar power plant at…
18 February 2026 Botswana Oil Limited (BOL) denies that it received substandard fuel imported through the National Petroleum Corporation of…
18 February 2026 Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has slashed its mobile data prices following regulatory approvals, introducing new bundles that…
17 February 2026 Batswana should brace themselves for a spike in the prices of goods and food items as Botswana’s…
17 February 2026 There are significant populations of Shona communities who permanently settled in Botswana and Kenya. Their migration to…
16 February 2026 Milk Valley Farm, located near Lobatse, carries the country’s hopes for higher self-sufficiency in dairy, an achievement…
16 February 2026 The UK has imposed an immediate ban on Botswana’s fresh beef following a confirmed outbreak of foot-and-mouth…
13 February 2026 Botswana is celebrating 60 years of independence in 2026, marking the journey from 1966 and honouring a…
11 February 2026 Botswana’s State-owned Okavango Diamond Company plans to increase the share of diamonds it sells to contracted buyers…
11 February 2026 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Project Preparation and Development Facility (PPDF) has approved US$1.83 million in…
10 February 2026 MMG Limited (MMG) recently marked the groundbreaking of the Khoemacau Copper Mine expansion in Botswana. The expansion…
10 February 2026 Botswana plans to raise corporate and personal taxes to offset a slump in diamond revenue and rein…
9 February 2026 Botswana’s economy is expected to grow 3.1% in 2026, rebounding after two successive years of contraction, Finance…
8 February 2026 Concrete signs are emerging that the country is successfully navigating the process of turning around the economy…