Features :: Mmegi Online

Friday, November 06, 2026

ZUTSHWA: Behind the settlement’s natural wealth lies a community grappling with unemployment, child hunger and limited economic opportunities, as residents look to a struggling salt mine to help transform their livelihoods.

Pauline Dikuelo | 06 November 2026

In the heartland: The approach to Zutshwa

Capital central: The BSE is experiencing an exceptional year of growth PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

BSE takes a seat at the big table

Penson funds with assets of P179 billion and a requirement to invest 47% of this at home by December, are part of factors driving an unprecedented surge of activity on the Botswana Stock Exchange. The Exchange’s market value has risen by nearly P400bn since January and the BSE is now a trillion-pula player officially ranked in the top five in Africa. MBONGENI MGUNI writes

Mbongeni Mguni | 06 November 2026

From transit corridor to digital hub: Turning Botswana’s geography into an advantage

Few people know the journey a cloud application from a company in Gaborone, Botswana, takes before it gets answered. The request starts in Gaborone, leaves the country’s border, crosses into a neighbouring country, reaches the subsea landing station, and then returns. Each leg adds not just latency, but also costs and risks from the data leaving national borders.

ODIRILE TAMAJOBE | 06 November 2026

Oiling the wheels of trade and growth

At its simplest, trade finance moves goods along value and supply chains. In 2024, Afreximbank spent nearly $20 billion on trade finance, powering growth on the continent. Ahead of the historic Trade Finance Seminar in Gaborone next month, Afreximbank Executive Vice President of Global Trade Bank, Haytham El Maayergi, speaks to MBONGENI MGUNI on trends and opportunities

Mbongeni Mguni | 30 October 2026

Living legend: Lock at a drillhole in Jwaneng in 1972

Finding the Prince of Mines

In erstwhile Bechuanaland, there was a small community around Jwana Hill, a borehole and a fortune hidden beneath the sand. Norman Lock, one of the men who helped find it, this week took TIMOTHY LEWANIKA down a trail of events that led to the discovery of Botswana’s Prince of Mines

Lewanika Timothy | 30 October 2026

Eyes on the horizon: Bolokwe PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Gaborone’s ambition to become Africa’s next financial superhub

From tokenised government bonds and a proposed US$500 million Dangote depository receipt to integration with Abu Dhabi’s Tabadul Hub, Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) Head of Product Development, Kopano Bolokwe, outlines the “10X by 2030” strategy to mobilise capital, finance development and expand investment opportunities. PAULINE DIKUELO writes

Pauline Dikuelo | 30 October 2026

Afreximbank calls for aligned regulations to boost African trade

As African countries seek to expand trade between themselves under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), regulatory differences and compliance challenges remain key concerns. PAULINE DIKUELO speaks to Afreximbank Director of Compliance, IDRISSA DIOP, about the need for regulatory alignment, investment in compliance systems and stronger safeguards against financial crime to facilitate cross border trade

Pauline Dikuelo | 23 October 2026

Moving economies: The BITC is advancing access to trade in the country and beyond PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Where traders go for answers: Inside the Botswana Trade Portal

Every shipment starts with a question. The Botswana Investment and Trade Centre has built somewhere to take it. Which permit? Which agency issues it, what does it cost, and how long will it take?

TEMO DONALD NTAPU | 23 October 2026

Voice and soul: Moroka Moreri is one of the country’s most celebrated traditional poets PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

A leboko is a voice at one with identity

Every time I listen to a leboko and see it performed, I cannot help but notice that it must be one of the dominant experiences of our time. Why? Because as soon as you hear and see it, you grasp its essential logic. It is intended to be plain to everyone.

BONGI D D M RADIPATI* | 16 October 2026

The force behind Botswana’s capital market

Inside Botswana’s capital market revolution, Tsametse Mmolai, Head of Listings and Trading at the Botswana Stock Exchange, offers a front-row view of a market undergoing rapid transformation. From attracting more companies to the bourse and unlocking capital for SMEs to embracing tokenisation, new financial products and digital trading, Mmolai speaks to PAULINE DIKUELO on the ambition to make Botswana Africa’s capital raising hub

Pauline Dikuelo | 09 October 2026

Africa’s growth continues but so does its poverty

Mbongeni Mguni | 13 October 2026

SACU launches tailor-made export potential map for customs union

TEMO DONALD NTAPU | 09 October 2026

Inside the social welfare programme overhaul

Mbongeni Mguni,Pauline Dikuelo | 02 October 2026

Adesina lays down ground rules on Diamonds for Development

Mbongeni Mguni | 18 September 2026

Inside why Batswana are putting marriage on hold

Lewanika Timothy | 18 September 2026

Why local pension funds billions are chasing Dangote

Mbongeni Mguni | 18 September 2026

Corruption dominates dirty money risks in Botswana

Corruption has been identified as the dominant money laundering threat facing Botswana’s Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), accounting for approximately 87 percent of the proceeds generated by identified predicate offences, valued at more than P160 million.

Boko sidelines DCEC, DPP in forensic audit probe

President Duma Boko has cast doubt on the ability of Botswana's traditional law enforcement institutions to independently investigate the explosive forensic audit findings.

Lesenepole murder suspect dies by suicide in police cell

A 28-year-old man arrested and charged with the murder of a 48-year-old Lesenepole woman has allegedly died by suicide whilst in police custody at Maunatlala Police Station.

Man allegedly forces girlfriend to drink poison before taking it himself

A 41-year-old man from Chadibe in Tswapong allegedly forced his girlfriend to drink a poisonous liquid before drinking it himself in a suspected murder/suicide attempt.

Suspect in Lesenepole woman's murder arrested, charged

A 28-year-old man from Chadibe in the Tswapong area has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 48-year-old woman from Lesenepole village after her body was discovered wrapped in a blanket inside her Honda Fit vehicle in Palapye.

The report highlights a significant limitation in measuring progress PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Botswana features in Africa’s equality gains

Botswana has been ranked 11th in Women's Equality across Africa in the 2026 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), placing the country amongst those assessed in the latest continental governance report, which also highlights significant progress in the sub-category.

More rape charges haunt Mojadigo

Disgraced Divine Anointing Church pastor Goitsekgosi Mojadigo is expected back in court on Tuesday for a ruling on his no-case-to-answer application in yet another rape case involving a minor from Francistown.

The State apparatus must be sanitised

When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...

The Monitor Editor | 10 November 2026

Features

Explore

More