The Finance Ministry is proposing some tough measures to get the country’s budget back on track, as the latest forecasts show that the last three years of NDP 11 wi...
KASANE: Botswana Stock Exchange Limited (BSEL) CEO, Thapelo Tsheole says a number of African stock exchanges have procured and are operating trading systems that do not p...
The Botswana Banking Ombudsman has noted an increase in the number of people filing official complaints about unfair blacklisting by commercial banks, finding in favour o...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says government should push to balance the budget next year through expenditure and revenue measures “beyond those considered ...
Local energy developer, Shumba Energy says recent feelers put out for funding in Asia for the P20 billion Coal to Liquids (CTL) plant were positive, adding confidence for...
Government returns to the capital market on November 29 looking to borrow P1.25 billion via the auction of a treasury bill and three bonds, BusinessWeek has learnt.
Inflation could drop below its current historic level of 2.4 percent in the short term, as the Bank of Botswana expects fuel prices to remain unchanged in the last quarte...
Air Botswana is separating from its ground-handling operations and establishing a wholly-owned company where affected staff will be re-employed, as a way of returning to ...
High Court judge, Omphemetse Motumise is due to hand down judgement next month in a case in which the liquidator of Lerala Mine is suing the former owner over a 53,755 ...
The United States says it stands ready to help Botswana exploit its estimated 200 billion tonnes of coal, despite a global backlash which has seen funding dry up for pr...
Lucara Diamond has introduced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine-learning to safeguard the precious stones being produced at Karowe Mine, the Boteti operation tha...
Within three months, new Finance Minister, Thapelo Matsheka will face the nation and explain how he intends to finance a deficit of P7.8 billion, the largest the country ...
De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond producer, is spending $180 million (P1.96 billion) marketing its polished stones and jewellery this season, as a way of cleari...
The Bank of Botswana says while introduction of a Deposit Protection Fund (DPF) could see commercial banks engage in riskier lending, the cost-benefits are still in favou...
The Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) is in talks with major auction houses to stage a sale of the world-famous Okavango Blue diamond in the first half of next year, Busines...
Mobile telecomms giant, MTN on Thursday announced it was giving up its bid to sell its stake in Mascom to Econet for $300 million, marking the end of a tumultuous eight...
The Bank of Botswana (BoB) made a once-off payment of P4.1 billion to government earlier this year as income from gains made in the investment of state funds last year,...
De Beers, the world’s top diamond producer by value, expects the current global downturn in rough diamond sales to subside soon, a development that could be aided...
The population of locally registered vehicles on the country’s roads rose to 584,000 by the end of June 2019, more than double the number from 10 years ago.
The country’s merchandise trade deficit was pegged at P1.4 billion in August, despite a 39% increase in exports and a decline in imports during the month.
