The Story Behind the Reserve Recovery
The government has retained the weaker Pula regime introduced during last year’s foreign-exchange reserves squeeze, preserving a policy that raises...
LETSHEGO REVIVES COMMERCIAL BANKING BID
Letshego Africa Holdings has applied for a commercial banking licence in Botswana, reviving an ambition abandoned seven years ago as...
Ndaba’s Ship Starts to Turn
The Ministry of Finance's fiscal consolidation drive is beginning to show measurable results, with independent economic estimates pointing to a...
PEEPA Says Reform Delays Lie Beyond Its Mandate
Twenty-five years after the government launched the privatisation programme, the Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency says it should not...
Anglo American rules out BSE exit
Anglo American has ruled out any review of its Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listing, with the local bourse also confirming...
Ottapathu defends Fusion Spark’s Engen bid
Choppies Chief Executive Officer Ramachandran Ottapathu has defended his involvement in Fusion Spark’s proposed acquisition of 70 percent of the...
De Beers sees early signs of diamond market recovery
De Beers says the global diamond market is beginning to show early signs of recovery after a prolonged downturn, with...
Engen deal puts ownership, influence and competition under CCA spotlight
As the CCA weighs the Engen deal, the real question is no longer ownership but the reach of commercial influence,...
This Time Is Different
Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe is confronting Botswana’s first major diamond downturn in more than two decades without the fiscal reserves...
Red tape cost Botswana P350m Sefalana manufacturing deal
Botswana has lost two privately funded food production projects worth hundreds of millions of pula after regulatory hurdles prevented Sefalana...
