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Keikantse Lesemela
  • AB targets 6.5 % passenger growth rate

    Briefing the media this week, AB general manager, Ben Dahwa said the company has been posting losses for the past years but support from the government will help its turnaround. From 2009 annual passenger growth rate was above five percent but it...

  • Cadbury closure leaves 134 jobless

    Mondelez said it had to focus its resources on larger scale manufacturing facilities where it can generate greater efficiencies to reinvest in growth.  In the press statement, the company said the exercise is part of the company’s global...

  • Kedikilwe urges for competitive agriculture sector

    Officially opening the national agricultural show on Wednesday, Kedikilwe said the sector plays a pivotal role in life therefore the sector must be competitive despite the challenges.  “Agriculture plays a pivotal role in our livelihoods...

  • Consumer fair attracts 512 exhibitors

    According to Fairgrounds Holdings marketing and media manager, Thabo Mogomotsi, the Fair is growing organically. He told the media briefing on Tuesday that this year recorded a four percent growth rate in terms of the number of exhibitors and stall...

  • G4S targets cash solutions to boost profits

    Briefing the media on Friday, G4S chief executive Michael Kampani said although the company recorded a 129 percent increase in profits to P13.7 million for the half-year ended June 30, 2014 they still have to look for more opportunities to boost...

  • Restructuring turns around G4S fortunes

    In his commentary on the published financial results, G4S managing director Michael Kampani said the good growth was achieved across all products on the backdrop of significant growth in the cash business and a healthy recovery of the facilities...

  • African copper record output drop

    In the update for the half-year ended June 30, 2014, the Botswana Stock Exchange listed copper exploration and production mine, said the records indicates that the volume of the copper processed decreased by 6.4 percent to 2, 703 billion...

  • BSE boost market efficiency with news service

    Briefing the media about the service yesterday, BSE chief Executive, Hiran Mendis said the service has been implemented as part of the strategy of making the BSE a repository of exchange related information for the benefit of the market. “This...

  • ACHAP spreads into broader Africa

    Speaking during the awards ceremony on Friday, Jerome Mafeni, ACHAP chief executive said the organisation is introducing new strategy in which it will have multiple funders as the main funders are revising their funding priorities. He said ACHAP is...

  • College students want liquor store

    Addressing a general meeting of the student community last week, the Student Representative Council (SRC) president, Godiraone Samuel said they want the school to be transformed to meet its community’s needs. Currently the College is going...

  • Motovac opens franchise in Jwaneng

    Motovac sales director, Samir Patel, said the company has decided to offer franchises to Batswana. “For over 30 years we have seen the brand growing, even in other countries such as Zambia and Zimbabwe. So we want Batswana to benefit because...

  • BIH honours young innovators

    Participants were tasked with developing and designing an innovative engineering solution that can be implemented to solve current mining problems in Botswana. The competition was classed in two categories, National Biotech and CleanTech and the...

  • FSG eyes further regional expansion

    The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed company says while the Botswana market was challenging in the first six months of the year, operating performance in Zambia was better, although the Kwacha volatility negatively impacted on Pula...

  • Corporate deals props Stanchart loan book

    Commenting in the published financial results for the half-year ended June 30, 2014, Standard Chartered chief executive, Moatlhodi Lekaukau, said their financial position continues to strengthen with loans to customers increasing by 27 percent to...

  • Phakalane standoff slashes BHC revenues

    Commenting on the published financial results for the year ended 31 March 2014, BHC Chief Executive officer, Reginald Motswaiso, said the corporation’s financial performance has been challenged by the decline of its major income sources. He...

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