Botswana bets big on Basketball

The idea sounds almost improbable at first hearing: Botswana, the landlocked southern African nation celebrated for its diamond mines and vast wildlife reserves, wants to become a basketball destination. Yet the evidence of intent is now unmistakable. Late …

BOTSWANA MOVES TO TACKLE STATELESSNESS

Botswana has started rolling out major changes to its citizenship and immigration framework in a move aimed at saving many from the jaws of statelessness. Many in Botswana are trapped in the misery of statelessness, as children born to one of the parents …

Kebinatshipi, the birth of Botswana's global star

It is as if the stars align, the wise men from the East arrive bearing gifts and a bright new light suddenly appears on the horizon. In athletics, Botswana may just have witnessed such a moment with the emergence of Busang Collen Kebinatshipi. Like the …

Chikumbirike takes marimba to Botswana

Botswana President Duma Boko praises Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré for “speed and decisiveness”

Botswana President Duma Boko praises Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré for “speed and decisiveness” Botswana’s President Duma Boko has publicly praised Burkina Faso leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré for the speed and decisiveness of his governance, contrasting it …

Can CA&S diversify away from Botswana before the market loses patience?

There’s an old joke in investing circles: diversification vs diworsification. You always have to be nervous when companies are focusing on acquisitions and broadening the group. But in the case of CA Sales Holdings (known as CA&S), it’s a strategic …

Botswana, Chinese-invested mining firm partner to establish technical training center

GABORONE, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Botswana's Ministry of Higher Education and the China-invested Khoemacau Copper Mining company on Monday signed a collaboration agreement to establish a Mining Center of Excellence at Maun Technical College in North West …

AfDB Urges Botswana Tax Reform

As diamond revenues weaken, the African Development Bank says Botswana must diversify domestic revenue through better tax administration, digital systems and broader tax bases   TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO   Botswana needs sound tax policy design backed by strong …

BITC, BIUST join forces to fast-track Botswana’s STEM economy

Growing Botswana together takes many forms, and the latest is a five-year Memorandum of Understanding between the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) and the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) to turn research, …

Inside Botswana’s growing digital safety challenge

That moment has become a familiar scene for facilitators behind the Village Digital Safety Botswana Initiative, a voluntary community outreach programme that is quietly uncovering a reality many never imagined. Cybercrime has reached Botswana's …