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Approved by Cabinet in 2007, the policy provides that national connectivity will help draw communities closer together and facilitate economic growth and development in all regions of the country. “Online information on employment, community...

Koongalele Chube, the senior assistant director for compliance in the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) said the insurance sector is a critical player in the fight against money laundering and other economically motivated crimes. Giving a...

A trade deficit implies that imports outweighed exports in the period under review. International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) released by Statistics Botswana (SB) show that total exports were valued at P4.79 billion during the month under...

Officially opening a capacity building workshop for District Administration Tender Committees (DATCs) in Gaborone this week, PPADB executive chairperson, Bridget John said the intention is to increasingly devolve authority to ministries and districts...

The understaffing, according to the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, is a challenge, as out of a total of 33 only 16 are filled up. Speaking yesterday at a capacity building workshop for DATCs, the ministry’s...

The deal led to the rebranding of the bank, which was held last week. Speaking during the launch of the bank’s refreshed brand, Bank Gaborone managing director, Sybrand Coetzee said the brand refresh signifies progression of the bank and all its...

The president of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), Nicky Fisher made the call during the achievement ceremony held at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) last Thursday evening. The event was aimed at celebrating the...

This week, the company told Mmegi Business that while the Chevrolet brand will be discontinued, new makes will be introduced, adding that Motor Holdings Botswana has been appointed sole franchise representative of both Isuzu and Opel in the...

The bank’s net profit after tax (PAT) shot up by 97.6% to P35.8 million for the financial year ended June 2017 compared to P18 million in the prior year, and realising a return on average of 10.4%. In a commentary accompanying the financial...

This became evident during its sixth annual insurance business breakfast seminar held in Gaborone last week under the theme, ‘Digital Disruption and the Impact of Technology on Insurance Underwriting’. The life insurer’s managing director,...

In its latest banking supervision annual report, the central bank therefore tasked financial institutions to make efforts to tackle cybercrime, including enhanced risk awareness by the board and executive management, as well as strengthening of board...

The state-owned corporation, which  provides water and wastewater management services, released the statement of comments by its auditors via the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) this week. Partner of Deloitte Botswana, Pragna Naik drew attention to...

The plan to set up this project at the current GABCON head office in Gaborone West seems to have been received with great pleasure by the company’s clientele who attended a breakfast appreciation session last week. Responding to Mmegi Business...

During a business development forum yesterday, BCM projects manager, Joe Ramotshabi indicated that a lot of money is spent by the mining industry on procuring goods and services from foreign suppliers. He suggested that the purchasing power could be...

Speaking at the launch of a new financial literacy product by Liberty Life Botswana, dubbed ‘Mind My Money’, she said it is a great concern to government and partner entities that there is a notable increase in household indebtedness. Kenewendo...