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Pheko, who has been a non-executive director at BTCL since 2018, was appointed interim chair last Tuesday to replace Boakgomo-Ntakhwana.Pheko was the founding CEO of the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA), having led its...

The development comes five days after Lucara's new CEO, William Lamb, announced the termination of the miner's 10 year agreement with HB Antwerp under which the Belgian firm buys, polishes and sells Lucara's rough diamonds.In yet another...

The figures come as India – which cuts and polishes at least 80% of the world’s rough diamonds – announced on Wednesday that it is banning imports of the stones for two months in order to “better manage the balance between supply and...

Lucara, which represents HB Antwerp’s principal client, terminated its deal with the Belgian firm in the early hours of Thursday morning (local time) citing “a material breach of financial commitments” by HB. A few weeks ago, HB was rattled by...

The deals signed on Saturday afternoon, known as heads of terms, follow an agreement in principle reached between the two sides on June 30, which came after five years of increasingly tense negotiations. At the tail end of the talks, President...

Traditionally in the diamond industry, the period between Thanksgiving in the United States and the Chinese New Year, represents the peak retail selling period every year.Healthy demand for diamond jewellery and stones in key markets such as the US...

The firm, a subsidiary of the iconic 118-year-old Indian group, opened its doors in Botswana in 2014 with a focus on cutting and polishing rough diamonds, before launching its jewellery plant in January this year.From 45 employees at inception, KGK...

Pension funds, which are predominantly invested offshore, endured a trying 2022 with much of the losses associated with downtrends in global giants such as Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google, the global tech giants.The situation was mirrored at...

Pension funds, which are predominantly invested offshore, endured a trying 2022 with much of the losses associated with downtrends in global giants such as Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google, the global tech giants.The situation was mirrored at...

While the law came into effect in October 2021, individuals and entities handling personal data were given until a year's grace period to comply with the requirements to ensure the protection of this data.The grace period was extended to...

ODC conducts 10 auctions of rough diamonds each year, attended by buyers from across the world who bid on an auction basis for the different sizes and types of stones on offer.The company sources its diamonds from an annual 25% allocation of...

Kobamelo Kgoboko, who was in Singapore this week to accept an Award of Merit by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), given for the design of Mohembo Bridge, said the landmark complements the tourism package that attracts...

BusinessWeek has established that Gazelle Ecosolutions, a tech and environment firm with global founding partners, has finalised a proof of concept at the Tsabong project site which demonstrates that the carbon credits can be put on the global...

Oded Mansori, one of five partners who founded HB Antwerp in 2019, this week blasted his co-founders for relieving him of his management duties and has taken the dispute to courts.Mmegi has learnt that a Belgian court is due to pronounce judgement on...

Finance ministry technocrats writing in the draft Budget Strategy Paper released this week, said already 140 government services had been taken online, including import and export permits, tourism permits, licences and permits applications, tertiary...