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.…
Tag: Botswana
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…
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…
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…
Botswana receives COVID-19 vaccines from India
Botswana on Tuesday received a batch of 30,000 COVID-19 vaccines from India at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in…
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 Denies 120 Rhinos Poached in 18 Months
Botswana, confronting an unprecedented rise in poaching, has refuted reports by former President Ian Khama that at least 120 rhinoceroses…
Funding update on Lesedi power project
Tlou Energy, developers of the Lesedi power project in Botswana, has announced a funding update for the project, which will…
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…
As Masire’s aide, Mogwe helped put out DRC inferno
If the Democratic Republic of Congo can lay any claim to normalcy in 2021, it is because 21 years ago,…
Botswana’s Debswana expects to increase diamond output by 38% in 2021
Diamond producer Debswana aims to increase output by 38% this year to pre-pandemic levels of 23 million carats, a company…
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…
Botswana expects to welcome multiple COVID-19 vaccines
Botswana is ready to bring into the country multiple COVID-19 vaccines, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Friday. In his televised…
Kgalagadi in spotlight for tourism development
The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism is in the process of empowering communities by identifying areas with…
Botswana stresses environment in talks on ReconAfrica
Botswana has stressed the importance of permitting and environmental regulations in comments around Reconnaissance Africa’s plans – and a prohibition…
The Innovators: Lucara Diamond devised new ways to mine and market giant gems
Why the Vancouver-based miner continues to find more big diamonds than anyone else It’s no accident that Lucara Diamond Corp. has,…
Investigation: Criminality thrives in Botswana’s donkey skin trade
Botswana’s controversial Bo Chang donkey abattoir is back in business. It’s flouting the law and setting a dangerous precedent, reports…
Botswana economy forecast to grow 8.8 pct in 2021
Botswana’s economy is forecast to grow by 8.8% in 2021, an official said Tuesday. The improvement is premised on conducive…
Zimbabwe refugees lose fight to remain in Botswana
Last week, scores of Zimbabwean refugees living in Botswana lost their bid to remain in the country and now face…
Canadian firm sweetens BCL deal with P4.3bn
Premium Nickel Resource Corporation, the Canadian company recently named as the frontrunner to take over BCL Ltd, has pledged to…
Shumba Energy proceeds with Tati Solar project
Government has given the local energy developer, Shumba Energy, the green light to proceed with the development of the Tati…