Renowned diamond industry expert, Sheila Khama, says Angola’s proposal for a regional partnership to takeover De Beers, is not advisable.“The idea’s pan-African undertones may resonate with some but is easier said than done,” she wrote in an...
Every country loves a good story, one that revs up praise of their virtuous (and brave!) citizens past and present and feeds the image that its people together are steeped in a history of cooperation, especially when the ‘chips are down’. I grew...
The numbers gathered, analysed and produced monthly by Statistics Botswana don’t tell the full story.For instance, the data agency’s figures say annual food inflation as at August was five percent, from 4.3% in July. The index assigns weights on...
Okavango Brewery Company story is one of “out of the box” thinking and finding homegrown solutions for stubborn problems. In a region where elephants and farmers clash for livelihoods, Okavango Craft is “solving for success,” reaching out to...
These seemingly unrelated conversations capture the tension defining the diamond industry today, as an ancestral trade built on rarity and romance faces off against an avalanche of easily affordable, laboratory‑grown diamonds (LGDs). The stakes are...
Once earmarked to be a plausible national capital, Lobatse was a town born with a star. The town’s “waters” herein used figuratively to depict its early lucky streak, were deep brooks that fostered innovation and made Lobatse a town of many...
From the moment I landed, Algiers revealed itself as a city of quiet pride immaculately clean, orderly, and alive with character. Its streets tell stories that stretch back centuries, with buildings dating as far back as 1902 still standing...
No one needs to be reminded that the economy is in trouble. It doesn’t take the 5.3% contraction in the second quarter to tell you that economic activity and opportunities have significantly tightened.Much of the challenges are linked to the...
It further seeks to evaluate the outward FDI patterns of major Asian-Pacific investors such as China, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Australia and identifies gaps in Botswana’s investment attraction tactics. The article shows that...
The sudden wealth pushed up the currency, strangled manufacturing, and left the country dangerously dependent on one resource. Economists later gave this syndrome a name: when resource wealth undermines the broader economy, you have Dutch Disease.For...
Mmegi: Digitisation means different things for different industries and for different players in the economy. Maybe we could just start by saying what is digitisation in the banking industry, what does it look like and what shape and form does it...
His untimely departure represents a very sad moment of grief for his family. But it also constitutes a personal loss for us, friends and colleagues. His unexpected passing is very painful. To say I was heartbroken would be an understatement. I...
De Beers and Botswana are often lauded “Siamese twins”, double bodies that have mirrored each other from the yesteryears of their matrimony in 1969. Along the path like any marriage, the duo has had spats of their own, with Botswana consistently...
MATSILOJE: In 2016, a pall of devastation, sorrow and despair fell over the entire North East as a global meltdown in prices sank operations at Tati Nickel and BCL Mine.For decades, as early as 1959 in the case of BCL, the base metal mines had...
Over the years, a number of aggrieved members of Botswana’s society have approached the courts to challenge certain clauses of the Constitution, deeming it archaic in its definitions and world view. Who can forget the famous Motshidiemang v State...
It is a symptom of an industry that has spent decades avoiding hard truths. The diamond trade has clung to outdated models, papered over volatility with wishful thinking and treated inefficiency as a permanent feature rather than a fixable flaw. Now...
It is early September and only the beginning of summer in Botswana. However, places like Maun have already recorded heights of 36 degrees Celsius. Heatwaves are occurrences that places like Maun have become synonymous with. Maun, the gateway to the...
For years, the promise of agricultural tourism and game farming as an alternative to the country’s overreliance on safari tourism has been a topic of discussion. Yet, we have waited to see a tangible model that delivers on this vision. Shumbalala...
Tuberculous Meningitis (TBM) is a severe, life-threatening inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, caused by the same bacteria that cause tuberculosis. The infection typically begins in the lungs and spreads to the brain,...
Imagine interviewing a man who interrupts every word you say, not out of disrespect but out of the sheer love of rough debate, or even worse who laughs at your age when he walks into the room, before even greeting you.At this point it sounds like the...
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