The recent establishment of a secretariat and offices for the Diamonds for Development Fund has sparked excitement of an additional supporting mechanism for the country’s economic diversification and transformation hopes.Powered by an initial...
Today, that order is changing. Batswana are still falling in love, living together and having children, but many are marrying much later, while others are not marrying at all.Statistics Botswana's latest figures show that just 4,517 marriages...
As at June 30, the country’s pension funds held more than P176 billion in assets, with about 44.6% of these held locally.A long-running challenge for holders of sizeable assets in the country has been finding investable opportunities in the local...
While holders of capital continue weighing the Botswana Economic Transformation Programme (BETP), the first review of the six-month-old initiative indicates that early wins are being scored, just six months into the initiative. Many of these are in...
30 September is Independence Day here, and 1 October is the public holiday that always follows. Paradoxically, this year, Botswana will be celebrating its diamond jubilee at a time when our diamonds, the mainstay of our country’s economy for too...
Some of those who were in the US at the time, or shortly thereafter, shared their stories with Mmegi.Bongi D D M Radipati – Mmegi essayist“The weather on the morning of 9/11/2001 was a complete contrast with the tragedy happening in downtown...
Continental Reinsurance group managing director, Lawrence Nazare, says Botswana stood head and shoulders above its peers when the reinsurance giant looked around the continent for its Initial Public Offer (IPO).With a presence in more than 50 African...
In an interview with TIMOTHY LEWANIKA, Ambassador Oleksiy Syvak discusses the impact of the war on ordinary Ukrainians, the country’s economic resilience, opportunities arising from reconstruction and the potential for deeper cooperation between...
Forecasters from SADC meteorological offices trudged out of their meeting in Swakopmund last week with heavy feet, hunched shoulders and the feeling of an unfair, unprovoked déjà vu.With the regional experts’ findings confirming their global...
Itumeleng Garebatshabe, a veteran tech entrepreneur, software engineer and cybersecurity expert, has a troubling perspective on why many in the country continue to be hit by various forms of cyberattacks and scams.It’s not just about more...
"I don't understand how they knew my pension had been paid."Her question was followed by silence before others began sharing similar experiences. Some had lost money through mobile money scams. Others had received convincing calls from people...
The project, being developed in Mmamashia by Galvanising Botswana, will have the capacity to process about 100,000 tonnes of steel annually, or roughly 220 tonnes a day. The facility is expected to become the country’s first major downstream...
The changes are aimed at modernising the tax framework, broadening the tax base and strengthening government revenue collection at a time of fiscal pressures and weaker diamond revenues. While the reforms are largely technical, their real...
Next month, Botswana will reach a milestone few a nations have achieved, an independence Diamond Jubilee reached with no stone thrown or blood dropped in civil wars or fight over national resources. The challenges surmounted by those who have treaded...
Botswana remains one of the world’s luminaries in the fight against HIV/AIDS. According to a recently released UNAIDS report, Botswana has not only maintained its position amongst the handful of 95-95-95 states, but emerged as the country where...
Like many of her peers in the middle-class, she has two kids, has big dreams, and has cut ties with her village relatives, including the uncles, whose economic status are way below hers.Her firstborn is attending junior secondary school, whilst the...
That moment has become a familiar scene for facilitators behind the Village Digital Safety Botswana Initiative, a voluntary community outreach programme that is quietly uncovering a reality many never imagined. Cybercrime has reached Botswana's...
Growing Botswana together takes many forms, and the latest is a five-year Memorandum of Understanding between the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) and the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) to turn...
An investor weighing Gaborone against Kigali, Dublin or Singapore is not admiring logos. The question they are really asking is tougher: can this country do what it says it will do? Boardrooms convert perceptions of political stability, contract...
Because of this link between the place and its appeal, a close observer can’t help but discern a capital that is obviously teeming with the personal stories of those drawn to it. These would be the stories of their success or failure or the...
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