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BusinessWeek has learnt that Botswana is amongst one of the priorities for Airlink, which over the years has built a formidable presence in the region’s skies. Airlink has up to 50 return flights a week to Gaborone, Maun and Kasane, a stiff...

Known as “principle-aligned nature conservation financing” the loan sealed between Standard Bank and Wilderness represents a first for the African market.Standard Bank head of Corporate Financing Solutions in the Corporate and Investment Banking...

In an update to investors last week, PNRL directors said construction of a new mill for the Selebi shaft would begin in the third quarter of 2025, with commissioning of the mill and operations kicking off in the last quarter of 2026.Between now and...

Dairy sector veteran, Dr Wame Boitumelo, who is also a well-published scholar on the industry, remembers a simpler and better time for the country.“Five or six decades ago, in fact before Independence, we were a net exporter of milk products in the...

Governments float foreign currency bonds in order to raise debt from global investors. Foreign currency bonds give governments protection against inflation and – for countries with high sovereign credit ratings such as Botswana – can represent...

De Beers sells 90% of its production by value to an exclusive list of contract buyers known as sightholders, who are offered stones at 10 sales events or 'sights' held in Gaborone each year.The balance is sold via auction to more than 900...

BOL, the state oil company, has been angling for a dedicated quota for years, under which it would exclusively import most of the 1.2 billion litres of fuel consumed in the country every year, and resell this to retailers such as Engen, Total, Puma,...

In its Financial Access Survey released last Tuesday, the IMF said the number of mobile money accounts per 1,000 adults had grown from 1,115 in 2017 to 2,973 in 2022.The growth in mobile money usage is also clear in the value of mobile money...

The Union and mine management differed over a formula to be used for overtime at the mine.The BMWU had argued that the monthly calculation of how much overtime shift workers are entitled to, should be based on average working hours over two weeks and...

The development is a triumph for the BSE, which has been advocating for sustainability issuances and last year offered a 25% discount on listing fees for issuers.By listing its note programme, Absa Bank Botswana is now in a position to regularly...

Transport and Public Works minister, Eric Molale said while the evaluators were hidden away, greedy contractors inundated the ministry’s headquarters hunting for their whereabouts.“We holed them up at some place outside Gaborone for three weeks...

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...