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Mmegi: Give us the background of the policy? Shatera: Botswana first formulated a national policy on agricultural development in 1991. At the time, identified development objectives aimed to improve food security, diversify the production base,...

In an interview with BusinessMonitor, NPT Coordinator, Cynthia Rendoh said the co-operative will invest in real estate and offshore investments.  “ We are still processing the documents with the Ministry of Trade and Industry and we hope...

Presenting the tourism company’s results for the year ended February 28, 2014 on Tuesday in Gaborone, Wilderness chief executive, Keith Vincent said the group’s target countries are Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo Brazzaville, Malawi and...

The hospitality industry is one of the major sectors benefiting from the games because of the 8,000 visitors who have come to the capital city for the duration of the event. The 2,500 athletes are accommodated at the University of Botswana (UB)...

In a statement accompanying the results of the year ended February 28, 2014, Wilderness Holdings chairman Parks Tafa said revenue grew by 16 percent mainly driven by organic expansion of existing businesses, increased yield per bed nights and...

A bilateral air transport agreement is an agreement which two nations sign to allow international commercial air transport services between their territories. The BASA’s signing allows air transport operators such as Air Botswana to study the...

According to BotswanaPost chief executive, Pele Moleta there were many factors that impede development and self-reliance. He told a media briefing this week that the organisation’s revenue growth for the year ended March 2013 was negatively...

Speaking during the credit overview workshop recently, Econsult Economist Bogolo Kenewendo said Batswana are highly indebted with leading debts being personal loans and they can even go to an extent of taking a third loan in order to repay the...

Speaking during the Transport and Communication minister Nonofo Molefhi’s visit to Gaborone Container Terminal (GABCON) on Monday, managing director, Modise Koofetlhile said unavailability of loading terminals for Botswana in the neighbouring...

The original site, which was 50 kilometres away from Kazungula, was discovered to be on the wildlife corridor. Botswana Agricultural Hub Chief Communications and Investor Relations Officer, Baitshephi Babusi-Hill said the project had to be...

Presenting an industry overview at a credit conference held last week in Gaborone, Econsult economist Bogolo Kenewendo said there is rapid growth in lending from banks and steady increase in loan deposit ratio with small banks having increasingly...

Mmegi: Briefly tell us about BotswanaPost’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG)? Moleta: BotswanaPost embarked on a ‘Journey to Excellence’ in 2011. The aim of this Journey is to see BotswanaPost as a profitable...

Speaking to The Monitor, BoAD secretary, Boitumela Tshotlego said, they want the right policy that will be approved by cabinet because the foreign sign languages that the Ministry of Education Skills and Development (MOESD) is teaching them is...

  She said BoAD has raised so many issues related to education of people with hearing problems but they are never attended to. Tshotlego explained that although the government has tried to finance their education through the Botswana Society...

A statement from the Ministry of Transport and Communications noted that the mobile money market has also grown substantially over the years such that, “un-banked persons can now receive and send money at their own convenience”. Mobile...