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Last week, the president of the Botswana Textile and Clothing Association, Mohammad Shahid Ghafoor told Mmegi Business that the institution, called Textile and Clothing Institute of Botswana (TCIB), is expected to open its doors next month. It will...

Interfile was contracted by BotswanaPost in September to provide an Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) hosted on a portal known as PosoOnline. EBPP is the process of delivering a bill from an originator, the biller, to the receiver,...

This emerged during a debate on the Pula to Rand parity at a special annual general meeting of the Botswana Exporters and Manufacturers Association (BEMA) in Gaborone this week. Subhash Kapur of Reliance Foundries said the foreign exchange rate...

Goitsemang Morekisi, coordinator of the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) says delays in making payments breeds corruption tendencies among bidders who inflate costs as a mark-up for delays. “Government procurement takes long, putting contractors...

The institution, called Textile and Clothing Institute of Botswana (TCIB) is the first of its kind in the country. Shortage of skills has had a negative impact on the field for many years. Its founder, Shahid Ghafoor, president of the Botswana...

The 4,000 square metres property has been bought by PrimeTime Property Holdings (Zambia) Limited, a Zambian registered company and wholly owned subsidiary of PrimeTime Property Holdings Limited, from Rumpuns Trading Limited. According to a statement...

The company, which is the second to join the local bourse this year, listed following a successful and oversubscribed initial public offering (IPO). The company, which is majority owned by Choppies Group directors Ram Ottapathu and Farouk Ismail,...

Managing Director of Econsult Botswana, Keith Jefferis noted in an economic review for the first quarter of 2016 that the way in which the privatisation of BTCL was conducted was in conflict with the official privatisation policy. “We note that...

The group’s executive chairman, Guido Giachetti said in the group’s 2015 annual report that the transaction, which was concluded in November 2015, took a lot of planning. He noted that it was more complex than it was originally...

The call was made at the 27th Business Botswana office managers convention that was held at the Maharaja Conference Centre last week.  Speaking at the event, ABM University College executive director, Daisy Mmabatho Molefhi said today's business...

In a recently released special briefing reviewing the bank charges in Botswana, BIDPA said as the regulator, the central bank must consider mechanisms to enhance consumer education, by encouraging the commercial banks to make information on their...

Beef exports to the European Union (EU) and trading partners were suspended following the spotting of a buffalo, which is considered to be the a carrier of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), at Moreane in Lotlhakane East, Southern District. The lifting of...

The proceeds from the disposal helped boost the property giants’ year-end profits, which rose 23 percent to P149 million. Managing director, Gulaam Husain Abdoola stated in the recently published group’s financial results for the period that...

The institution’s optimism, however, seems to go against the current outlook, with interest rates being at record low levels since 2015 and credit growth declining as commercial banks adopted a cautious approach to lending in the context of slow...

Assistant Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Dikgang Makgalemele made the call at the society’s annual general meeting held in Gaborone on Saturday. He noted that cooperatives are widely recognised as crucial to people...