Lucara Diamonds’ Karowe – Embarking on a new journey in 2021
2021 Will be a pivotal year for triple-listed diamond junior Lucara Diamond Corp. (Lucara) as the company embarks on its…
Tag: COVID-19
IMF staff completes 2021 Article IV Mission to Botswana
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The…
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 receives first batch of purchased COVID vaccine
Botswana on Saturday received another batch of COVID-19 vaccines purchased by the Government to boost mass inoculations. Botswana’s Vice President,…
WHO, EU launch project to strengthen COVID-19 response in Botswana
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday launched a European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) funding…
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…
Bank of Botswana: S&P Global Ratings Affirms the sovereign credit rating and maintained the negative economic outlook on Botswana
S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has released the results of the review of the 2021 sovereign credit rating for Botswana. S&P…
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’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 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…
Botswana to use AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, minister says
Botswana will move ahead with plans to use AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the southern African country’s Health Minister said on Monday,…
Economic activity in Sub Saharan Africa to rise by 2.7% in 2021
The World Bank’s analytical sections of the latest Global Economic Prospects report for January 2020 have shown that the output in the…
De Beers diamonds sparkling in early 2021 thanks to Valentines, Chinese New Year
Global mining company, De Beers says it expects to report $650 million in rough diamond sales for its first cycle…
Botswana intensifying effort to attract non-diamond exploration
Botswana has intensified efforts to digitise and make geoscience information readily available to local and international potential investors in an…
Botswana, an African oasis- BusinessDay NG
The story of the rise of Africa, the result of consistent economic growth and political stability on the first continent…
Botswana’s Debswana diamond exports fell 30% in 2020
Exports of rough diamonds mined by the Debswana Diamond Company fell 30% in 2020, statistics released by the Bank of…
Botswana, Namibia vow to jointly fight COVID-19, facilitate cross-border trade
Namibia and Botswana have agreed to work closely towards the procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines as well as cross-border…
Botswana confirms presence of South African COVID-19 variant
The Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) has confirmed the presence of the COVID-19 new variant 501Y.V2 first…
Heard the one about the internet?
I do a lot with my phone – conducting financial transactions, reading books, and especially lately, watching a young comedian’s…
Botswana sets currency to lose value faster in 2021
Botswana has set its pula currency to lose value at a faster rate this year, a senior official said Monday.…
UB unveils life-saving COVID-19 ventilator
The University of Botswana (UB) has launched a ventilator to assist the Government in the fight against COVID-19. Speaking at…
Botswana imposes 11-day curfew to curb COVID-19 spread over festive season
Botswana on Wednesday announced a nationwide curfew as the country reinstates strict measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. Giving…
Air Botswana resumes more regional flights
Air Botswana has resumed flights to Zambia disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said last week. The airline…
COVAX rollout imminent
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says the COVAX Facility will be rolled out as soon as the COVID-19 vaccines…
Morupule Coal Mine expansion on track
Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) expects to commission its expanded new mine next year, delivering an additional 1.4 million tonnes of…
Wilderness Safaris ready to welcome safari guests to Botswana
As Botswana’s borders open up to international travellers, Wilderness Safaris is thrilled to start welcoming guests to its exclusive Jao,…