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This is evident from its preliminary group results for the year ended December 31, 2015. In comparison with its previous year’s performance, the group recorded an improvement of attributable loss of $0.6 million (P6.51 million), from the reported...

Prof. Otlogetswe Totolo was speaking during the signing of a shareholder compact agreement between the Minister of Infrastructure, Science and Technology, Nonofo Molefhi and board chairpersons of Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) and BITRI last...

Mguni was addressing local journalists last week at a press briefing organised by Statistics Botswana on the just-ended 47th United Nations Statistical Commission that was held in New York at the beginning of March. He said the statistical...

Engen Botswana managing director, Chimweta Monga attributed the loss to the three fuel price decreases that occurred during the year, consistent with reduction in global crude oil prices. The fuel price decrease was said to be due to a general...

Article IV Consultations are bilateral discussions whereby the IMF consults annually with each member to assess each country’s economic health and to forestall future financial problems. An IMF delegation visited Gaborone in December last year for...

In the 2015 annual report released recently, commissioner general Ken Morris said inadequate capacity to undertake more enforcement activities to cover all areas of the country is one of the constraints that the agency faces. Morris cited...

Briefing journalists on Tuesday, deputy statistician general (STO), Dabilani Buthali said there are still some setbacks in the data collection process in the form of refusals, particularly in high-income neighbourhoods. He said another significant...

The business advocacy organisation hence reignited its appeal to the business community to subscribe to the Chamber Trust seal, which facilitates international trade. Shiellah Moribame, who is head of public affairs, marketing and communications at...

Weekly financial markets highlights released by Motswedi Securities show that local equities ended the week 22 basis points firmer,  driven by gains from some of the blue chip counters. During the week, over 32 million shares worth P105 million...

AGOA is a United States (U.S) Trade Act, enacted on May 18, 2000 that enhances market access to the U.S for qualifying sub-Saharan African countries. Speaking at a recent U.S market access engagement event organised by the American Business Council...

Afinitas executive director, Leutlwetse Tumelo told BusinessWeek that his company is an Africa-focused investment company, noting that creating an Ethiopia-focused holding company falls within their objective of investing in various sectors and...

The group’s revenue grew by 17 percent to P3.5 billion from P3 billion achieved in the same period in the previous year. Gross profit was up by 11 percent to P714 million as compared to P644 million while earnings before interest, taxes,...

Officially opening a regional workshop on debt statistics compilation and reporting in Gaborone on Monday, deputy statistician general, Boitumelo Matlhaga said while substantial progress has been made by member states, there is a lot of room for...

Speaking at the SADC Council of Ministers meeting that ended in Gaborone yesterday, Matambo noted that a strong commitment is also required from the private sector to promote investment in areas where market gaps exist. “Promoting sustainable and...

Marketing experts ascertain that social networks are a cost-effective way to get one’s brand in front of fans and prospective customers. They accede that it does not cost anything to tweet a message, pin a product photo to Pinterest, or promote a...