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Executives at the Minerals Development Company Botswana (MDCB) seem to particularly enjoy the use of graphs. Given that the many of the officials at the state-owned minerals investment firm have backgrounds either in mining or investment, the...

In its recently released annual report, BOCRA noted that it received a total of 33 complaints escalated from the regulated entities, compared to 27 in the year to March 2022.Of these complaints in 2023, faulty gadgets headed the list, with most of...

According to the borrowing strategy document for 2024–2025 released earlier this week, the central bank will step up its efforts for government in light of the greater funding requirement by the state.By comparison, the BoB was authorised to raise...

The country’s two coal producers, Morupule Coal Mine and Minergy Limited, hit production peaks in 2022 when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on Moscow, triggered an energy crisis in Europe and Asia. The two collieries were...

After making international headlines for becoming only the second country in the world to achieve the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets, Botswana could be forgiven for resting on her laurels for a little bit.After all, achieving the targets is a milestone...

Data made available by the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) shows that mobile money subscriptions reached 1.69 million as at March 2023, from 1.66 million in March 2022 and 1.15 million in March 2019.Orange, whose Orange Money...

According to figures provided by the BSE last week, the share prices of DCI firms gained a net 1.9% between January and March this year, compared to a growth of three percent over the same period last year.The P914 million growth in market value in...

Figures released by Statistics Botswana today show that the contributions of food and fuel to annual inflation fell to 0.7% and 0.2% in March, from 0.8% and 0.9% respectively in February.Food inflation was measured at five percent in March, from 5.8%...

Known more commonly as the “slate,” the formula is a calculation of the costs involved in supplying and distributing various forms of fuel within the country. Every month, BERA looks at the movements of the various factors in the slate, to gauge...

The NDC is an industry group comprising the world’s rough diamond producers, which is committed to “inspiring and educating consumers on the values of natural diamonds and the positive global impact of the industry”. Members include De Beers...

Absa Bank Botswana realised growth rates of seven and 50% in the number of digitally active customers in its Retail and Business Banking segments last year, CEO Keabetswe PhekoMoshagane said recently.Speaking at the presentations of the bank’s...

Addressing diplomats on Wednesday, Masisi said his administration had been able to secure the co-signatures of Namibia and Angola on the letter.The Group of Seven or G7, which comprises the United States, the United Kingdom and other industrialised...

The phenomenon shift comes not a moment too soon after an update made available this week shows over 9,000 drought-related reported cattle deaths in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe between October 2023 and February 2024.“A record mid-season...

On Tuesday, BERA officially awarded Botswana Oil (BOL) the first substantive fuel import licence, as part of a legislative change under which the parastatal takes over 90 percent of the country’s fuel imports.Effective April 1, BOL is responsible...

Mmegi: What is the situation with Minergy at the moment in terms of operations?Bagopi: Operations have restarted. As you know we took the decision to part with the former mining contractor in September last year and it took a bit of time to get the...