Sharing his list of priorities as the new CEO in his first meeting with local media recently, Al Cook spoke about a plan he said Batswana would “be hearing a lot more about”.“It is about how we expand along the value chain towards retail,...
While it has been around for a long while, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dominating public discourse in technology globally, as the roaring success of ChatGPT and its subsequent updates have shown the world-changing potential of the computer...
PALAPYE: Gorata ‘Queen’ Tsokwane, a sex worker and member of Nkaikela Youth Group says she knows why HIV infections remain stubbornly high in the country, with new cases rising in certain areas, despite the remarkable achievements Botswana has...
Sandra Modise* counts herself among the lucky ones, who smelt something fishy and dropped out of the latest “investment scheme” to leave many Batswana in tears. The Ecoplexus investment scheme, now widely acknowledged as a cleverly designed...
A recently released Statistics Botswana report shows, officially, that women are making up lost ground against men, in terms of opportunities in the formal employment sector. Long overlooked for recruitment and promotion across the different formal...
Mmegi: May you provide a brief overview of Collective Investment Undertakings (CIUs) Act and its purpose?White: The CIU Act dates back to an old piece of legislation that was promulgated in the early 1990s and subsequently repealed in 2012. However,...
Since hitting a 14-year high last August, inflation has declined over the months, dropping back to single digits in January, the first time it had done so since April 2022.Many consumers, however, have argued that the drop in the inflation figures...
As the world gathered in Gaborone for the Forbes Under 30 Summit this week, much of the formal and informal conversations were around how to boost the country’s entrepreneurial prowess, one of the elusive ingredients needed for broad, citizen-based...
In June 2016, Lucara Diamond Corp’s 1,109-carat Lesedi la Rona, the largest diamond recovered in a century and the pride of the country, failed to sell at widely livestreamed auction.The story around the stone began when the giant stone was pulled...
“I was in Paris, looking at Louis Vuitton’s holding company with its leader.“That company exceeds De Beers by 100 and it exceeds Anglo America five times, in terms of size. It’s huge. “I was looking at the Sewelo diamond which I think is...
For the outside observer, of late, the diamond industry has been dominated by debates over the sanctions against Russian diamonds, the efficacy of the Kimberley Process and more recently, De Beers’ negotiations with Botswana.Debates on lab grown or...
More accurately, those monitoring the deal with HB Antwerp are weighing its scalability.The three-year-old Belgian firm has built high expectations around what it can deliver.HB Antwerp’s first foray into Botswana was via a six-month deal with...
When I first heard there was a new contagious disease that had broken out in China and was spreading like wildfire to other countries, I never thought it would arrive in Africa, more especially Botswana.However, after reporting the first confirmed...
With SA easily accessible to Batswana, it has become my playground, as I have been able to visit quite regularly, both for leisure and work trips.My trip to Lesotho was not necessarily a planned one. Nevertheless it was just a spontaneous decision...
When launching Belgian diamond firm, HB Antwerp on Monday, President Mokgweetsi Masisi detoured from his prepared remarks, just as he was beginning to make them.“David Magang is a special guest of HB and mine. In all fairness, this is you and you...
Giyani Metals officials are sensitive to the need to manage expectations. And with good reason. It’s not every day that geological studies confirm the existence of billions of Pula in revenue, or verify millions of tonnes of a mineral desperately...
Since the base metal meltdown of 2016, when a commodity price rout crashed operations at BCL Ltd, Discovery Metals and African Copper, the local copper sector has slowly and painfully pulled itself back up from the collapse.As prices have picked up...
For the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA), the question of what a pension fund and what it does, is crystal clear.“A pension fund provides for financial stability after you stop working, by providing a stream of income...
Ratong Women Centre advocates for women’s empowerment and it focuses on promoting women’s sense of self-worth, their ability to determine their own choices, and their right to influence social change for themselves and others.The centre,...
Itumeleng Ward councillor, who is also a popular media personality, Motamma Horatius, says women should not just fight for space in the male-dominated world, but actually seek to lead it, while groom other women to follow suit.Horatius was speaking...
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