Botswana Diamonds looks to copper amid rough diamond market
Weakness in the global diamond market, coupled with rising demand for copper and other energy-transition metals, is prompting junior miner...
South Africa presses Botswana on long-running dairy protection
Botswana’s prolonged use of Infant Industry Protection (IIP) measures is limiting South Africa’s ability to expand dairy exports into the...
Big tenders are reserved for foreigners
Citizen-owned contractors are increasingly excluded from high-value public contracts that, according to Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) Chief Executive Officer...
Will Agriculture Reclaim Its Lost Glory?
President Duma Boko set the tone by targeting an increase in agriculture’s contribution to GDP from about two percent to...
Active ETFs usher in a new era for local investors
Botswana’s capital markets have entered a new era with the launch of the country’s first actively managed Exchange Traded Fund...
Scheepers Brings Her Reform Agenda to BAMB
Lilian Scheepers, a seasoned agribusiness leader and outspoken advocate for structural reform in Botswana’s agriculture sector, has been appointed Chief...
Horticulture House of Cards: Good On Paper, Bad In Practice
Botswana’s horticulture sector has expanded rapidly, reaching a production peak of nearly 89,000 tonnes and meeting 80 percent of national...
Beefing Over Prices
BMC PUSHES BACK ON NGAMI FARMERS’ CALL FOR HIGHER LIVE BUY PRICES Ngamiland’s cattle farmers have rejected the Botswana Meat...
Botswana’s Pension Assets High, Yet Economic Impact Limited
Botswana holds the highest pension fund assets per working-age person in Africa, boasting $6,289 per individual—a figure that far surpasses...
Banks Ponder New Sources of Funding
SMEs are collapsing because money is not circulating, said a business consultant GPOs dropped from P1.6 billion in May to...
