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Ludo Kwapa
  • Turkey cosies up to Botswana

    Speaking during today’s courtesy call on the Speaker of the National Assembly, Gladys Kokorwe’s office, Buyukkarakas indicated that it has been five months since she took up her duties and she felt privileged to serve in a country that is so...

  • Beauty Therapist's Business Comes On Stream

    Twenty-year-old Thato San from Ramotswa, a beauty therapist and a mentor in the beauty industry, is passion driven. She has opened her own beauty bar. The beauty therapist, who is a beauty and nail technician graduate of New Skills Academy located...

  • Young Gaelebale Joins Race To Save Earth

    Joining the race was 13-year-old Mahalapye-born, Katso Gaelebale, who was the first to represent Botswana at a summit for students for climate change in Finland late last month.  The event was the first of its kind. The young Itumeleng School...

  • NDB Hails Impact Genetics

    Speaking during a media tour of NDB projects in and around Gaborone last week, Gaolebogwe said Impact Genetics’ embryo transfer and cattle breeding technology will change farming for the better as it will result in production of high quality...

  • Orange Data Centre Schedule Three Percent Ahead

    The data centre project is at 27% completion and it is expected to be complete by end of October this year. The data centre is said to cover 81% of the population with 2G technology, 62% of the population with 3G technology and 45% of the population...

  • HR More Than A Cog In The Workforce Machine

    Speaking during the Strategic HR Conference recently, Karabo Gare said about quarter of a century ago, HR departments played little more than a welfare role and it was a ‘tea and sympathy’ department unlike today where the HR function is highly...

  • Breaking The Glass Ceiling In Poultry

    At grassroots level, many local women can be found in the poultry industry, running their own projects successfully and supporting many livelihoods, both at informal and semi-commercial level. However, higher up the value chain at abattoir-level,...

  • Mascom Expands Broadband Offering

    MySurf’s package includes a free router, three SIM cards (one for data and the others for mobile voice calls) unlimited data on 4G/3G, free monthly video on demand subscription to MyPlay services, plug and play feature and no installation...

  • Jago Beef Aims To Cast Net Wider

    Jago Beef, which has been in existence for four years, serves the community of Palapye with slaughtering services. The business currently has a staff complement of over 45 that oversees the process of the entry of the cattle and makes sure it becomes...

  • HR Function Redefined For Post Diamond Economy

    The two-day conference will be held on June 5 and 6, 2019 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre under the theme ‘Realising a high-performing innovative economy through transformative people strategies’. Speaking at the press briefing...

  • 'Civil Servants In Businesses, Recipe For Corruption'

    Speaking during the 46th High Level Consultative Council (HLCC) meeting on Thursday, Business Botswana (BB) president, Gobusamang Keebine said the move would simply breed and fester corruption. “Allowing civil servants to do business has reserved...

  • BTCL suspects syndicates as copper theft rises

    The syndicates involve criminals working as foot soldiers on the ground to vandalise and steal copper from BTCL assets, feeding this to middlemen who process the cables and finally to kingpins either within or outside Botswana, the Corporation...

  • Shakawe Farmer Commercialises

    Moalosi, who owns a farm that operates under the name Chakanaka Farms, specialises in the production of tomatoes, green mealies, green pepper and butternut. He said his breakthrough came through Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA)...

  • BOBS Urges Flotek To Grap Opportunities

    The managing director of Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS), Masego Marobela said this during the Flotek pipes and irrigation BOS ISO 15877-2:2009 licence award ceremony last week. “It should be noted that getting this certificate is one thing...

  • LEA Engages Specialists To Assist SMMEs

    Speaking at a recent media tour of select LEA-assisted businesses, the Authority’s CEO, Racious Moatshe revealed that his office has engaged specialists to assist SMMEs. “We have a number of in-house specialists for different sectors.  For...

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