The economy is expected to contract this year, as familiar challenges from 2024 persist into the current financial cycle. Despite a negative economic output, there are silver linings that could support a recovery trajectory next year. Along with the...
The impact of this partnership was highlighted during Bank Gaborone’s second Kgwebo Connect dialogue series, held under the theme 'Empowering the Everyday Entrepreneur: Building Resilient Business'.During the session, Bank Gaborone...
In statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange this afternoon, KP Group revealed that the MoU had been sealed with a target of up to five gigawatts of renewable energy.“As part of the understanding, KP Group will lead technical and commercial...
Latest Financial Stability Council (FSC) report shows that residential real estate loans were stable between September 2024 and 2025 at P15 Billion remaining stuck at 25.1% of household credit and 16.1% of total credit. Despite rising demand for...
The CBM development is one of the country’s most advanced gas prospects and forms part of government’s long-standing strategy to build domestic energy supply and reduce dependence on imports. Botala is developing the resource through a phased...
According to the Authority’s latest data, micro-procurement reached P8 billion, or 25% of the total procurement value in the year to March 2025.Designed for small-scale purchases and meant to empower SMEs, micro-procurement is increasingly being...
The competition is aimed at celebrating learners who excelled in a demanding stock market simulation and the 2025 edition saw 28 schools participate, a significant rise from 15 from last year, signalling growing interest in financial literacy and...
The two recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that builds on the relationship already established between the organisations. Officials said the move brings together Absa’s citizenship focus areas—education, entrepreneurship,...
BTC, with more than 40,000 individual investors, is the Botswana Stock Exchange’s most retail-heavy counter, a state of affairs that dates back to its historic Initial Public Offer (IPO) in 2016. However, the concentration of retail investors and...
Under government’s P55 billion domestic note issuance programme, the BoB floats bonds and Treasury Bills (TB) each month to raise debt for government in the capital market. At the auctions, primary dealers, who are exclusively banks, compete to...
The IMF however also emphasised the need to keep an eye on spiralling debt, with government's debt pile having grown from P48 billion in 2021 to an estimated P74 billion at the last count. The major factors have been the rolling budget deficits...
Launching the Kutlwano Market Stalls here, Ntsima stated that the move aims to provide a seamless support experience, with LEA offering end-to-end assistance, from proposal writing to navigating the funding process.This will effectively create a...
In a statement this afternoon, the firm said the power plant will generate predictable revenues from a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Botswana Power Corporation. Scatec owns 100% of the project, but expects to reduce its long-term...
This forecast guided the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate at 3.5 percent in its meeting held here last week.Giving an update of the MPC’s deliberations, Moseki said that although inflation is...
Last Monday, the state investment agency unveiled support for full studio production, project management, digital distribution preparation, and promotional rollout.Speaking at the event, BDC managing director, Oteng Keabetswe, said the...
According to the central bank figures, household arrears to commercial banks were measured at P3.89 billion in September, from P3.8 billion in August, indicating stability in the key banking indicator.Despite the tighter economic conditions, which...
According to the regional seed giant’s interim results for the half-year ended September 30 2025, earnings went up 15% from US$40 million (about P530m) registered during the same period last year to US$46 million (about P610m). Group Chief...
In a move that underscores its ongoing confidence in the future of natural diamonds, the Canadian diamond mining company announced it has signed a lateral development contract with Group R Mining and Exploration Botswana. The agreement covers all...
When addressing dignitaries and members of the community during the opening of a new branch here, Ntsima said that the branch is a testament to the agency’s commitment to entrepreneurship development and economic development.He further said that...
This initiative comes at a pivotal moment. During the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), government announced plans to launch an SMME Fund through the Botswana Stock Exchange, signaling a bold step to include SMEs in the march toward shared...
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