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Isaac Pinielo
  • Gov�t adopts portal to speed up service delivery

    An EA is described as a conceptual blueprint that defines the structure and operation of an organisation with the intent to determine how an organisation can most effectively achieve its current and future objectives. Created by Korea IT Consulting...

  • Graduands urged to make entrepreneurship a priority

    In fact, influential leaders who recently attended a workshop dubbed ‘the Business Intervention’ at the University of Botswana (UB) raised serious concerns about the scarcity of jobs, while appealing for a change of mindset from the...

  • Sefalana enters South African market

    At the announcement of the financials for the half-year ended October 31, 2016, the group stated that it will use a large part of the P351 million raised recently through a rights offer to support its expansion plans into South Africa. Recently, the...

  • Designer finds booming business in used tyres

    As a graphic designer and an environmentally conscious youth, 30-year-old Kago Monageng believes that used car tyres can be recycled and reused to create luxurious lounge seats for households. Having established a creative design agency called...

  • Zac�s P330m tender dispute nears finality

    Zac, a company owned by prominent businessman Nicholas Zakhem, filed an appeal last year after the High Court had ruled against the company’s earlier application. The company had sought the High Court to review and set aside the PPADB’s...

  • Cattle baron avails land for Lobatse PPP projects

    Executive Chairman of Cambridge Investment, Phillip Fischer says despite the spatial economic comparative advantages of Lobatse’s strategic location, developments in the town have been severely constrained by the lack of suitably zoned freehold...

  • PPADB appeals ruling in property lease tender row

    Both the Ministry and PPADB jointly approached the Court of Appeal seeking an order to overturn the High Court’s judgement and an order in which Varsha had been approved as the preferred bidder. Varsha Enterprises is a company owned by...

  • BOBS tightens imports pre-shipment inspection

    This was done to minimise the risk of unsafe and substandard products entering the country. As part of this move, the standards watchdog stopped accepting letters of authority and certificates of conformity from importers issued by National...

  • Student Seeks Way Around Graduate Unemployment

    Today, with only a few months to finish her studies, 22-year-old Desert from Thamaga village, majoring in Economics and Public Administration, has a dream to ignite the spark of entrepreneurship among other varsity students. To make her dream become...

  • Fuel pump prices to remain stable

    In an interview with BusinessWeek, director of energy, Kenneth Kerekang said at the moment the department relies on the National Petroleum Fund (NPF), which he stated has adequate funds to provide the ‘exquisite’ cushion to the...

  • Lack of funds hampers road maintenance

    Roads department director, Kgakgamatso Kalasi told the media this week that government had embarked on a massive road maintenance programme in the country but the major drawback was lack of funding. She noted that a roads condition survey of 2014...

  • Transporter dejected by Competition Authority�s embargo

    4MS finance director, Michael Stoneham yesterday told Mmegi Business that the decision by CA to block the deal poses major challenges for the cash-strapped company. “Like we said before, we are in financial doldrums and we are looking to sell...

  • Gov�t defends contractor in Moshupa bridge fall

    The contractor, Elsamex-ITNL JVCA who were engaged to rehabilitate the road from Mmankgodi junction to Jwaneng, removed concrete erosion protection covers from the two bridges as part of the works. Engineers knowledgeable with the project said the...

  • Mohembo bridge to boost tourism industry

    At a contract signing of the bridge project in Gaborone yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of transport and communications, Elias Magosi, said the construction of the P1.04 billion bridge is of socio-economic importance to the Delta...

  • Farmer Finds Niche In Donkey Milk Business

    One farmer, Johannes Visagie, from Verda in the Kgalagadi District, has explored other uses of the animal, which has turned out to be a goldmine for him. The 55-year-old retiree is harvesting donkey milk to sustain his livelihood under his...

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