The upcoming Russia-Africa Summit in July is the latest in a long list of gatherings by global powers aimed at “winning friends and influencing people” across Africa.It follows last year’s United States-Africa Leaders Summit, the European...
It turns out that there must be a minimum content of tastefulness before we conclude that something is beautiful. This shouldn’t really come as a surprise. Despite our differences in preferences, at art fairs, fashion shows, design shows, etc, we...
But, and I mean no disrespect to the Microsoft Founder, but perhaps his utterance was perhaps slightly simplistic given our current reality and the needs of the modern consumer.Banking today exists in entirely different forms than when the concept...
But with consumers across the continent struggling in the face of rising inflation and interest rates, they're experiencing a growing wave of non-performing loans (NPLs), which is putting a brake on their growth ambitions.At the same time,...
Today, at the touch of a mouse or a mobile screen a whole business environment opens to all of us, with billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise on offer. Modern technology even enables us to inspect the stones online.But the bourses remain...
And we need to urgently defuse the climate timebomb; for example, by phasing out the use of fossil fuels. It’s the same old climate change song – blame everything that is negative on climate change! But other factors may also be responsible in...
My country, Botswana, and particularly the Okavango Delta, has been the subject of several nature and wildlife films. But rarely do these films feature people. And almost never do these films acknowledge our people for their role in protecting our...
Like Dimpho, that individual would be born into a place inhabited on the one side by indigenous people, ignored and marginalised, in the middle, tribal people constituting some portion of the emerging elite and on the other side, settler communities,...
On behalf of my late mother, Mme Boijane Mpotokwane, it is a great honour that I have been asked by the Molefhe family to speak on their behalf during the send-off of Mme Julia Molefhe. My speech reflects the following sub-topics: (1) The Molefhe...
Their efforts were centred on combating HIV/AIDS misinformation and discrimination, years back when treatment was yet to be discovered.Special mention must go to the then AIDS/STD Unit under the Ministry of Health that back then supported the ideas...
When the boy child enters his early primary school level he faces many challenges. Not only is he presented with obvious challenges such as learning and interpreting subject specific information but also understanding his masculinity while striving...
Even though the meeting started off as an informal discussion, it would heat up towards 3pm in the same afternoon when one of the support group members suggested that the meeting be formally recorded. That individual would at the end of the meeting...
This war is neither ‘just a European issue’, nor is it about the ‘West versus the rest’. It is about the kind of world we all want to live in: no one is safe in a world where the illegal use of force – by a nuclear power and permanent...
It was late afternoon and the best time to eat lightly. Ahead of me was a young woman, say in her mid-30s, elegantly dressed and with a pair of boisterous school going children, in identical clothes, likely twin boys. She could have been their mother...
Despite this, the Botswana economy has shown strong resilience and grew by 11.8% in 2021, the fastest growth rate in sub-Saharan Africa. The growth is expected to continue in 2022, with the economy estimated to grow by 6.7 percent once Statistics...
Despite anticipated deceleration of global economic growth in 2022 and 2023 by 3.4% and 2.9%, respectively, Botswana strongly rebounded from the adverse effects of the pandemic posting growth of 11.8% in 2021 with growth projected to 6.7% and 4% in...
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a major initiative aimed at promoting trade and economic integration across Africa. The capital market can play a key role in helping to accelerate the efforts of the AfCFTA by providing businesses...
Former U.S. President George W. Bush launched PEPFAR in 2003. Thanks to the compassion and generosity of the American people, PEPFAR has helped to save more than 25 million lives across the globe.Globally, since the establishment of PEPFAR, new HIV...
This obviously does not include the BDP President, his Ministers, top civil servants and the party's surrogates in the "private sector".After a long time of giving the different generations of BDP government space to govern and address the...
We are a team of media practitioners from various backgrounds but with a common to goal to raise the profile of the MISA-Botswana Chapter. Together we aim:1. To reenergize MISA-Botswana and turn its fortunes around to restore its dignity. For the...
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