Business

Friday, November 28, 2025

Failed to sell stockpile despite high demand for the rough diamond

BG REPORTER | 28 November 2025

Boko says despite engaging De Beers and Okavango Diamond Company, to sell and market the country’s diamonds, the two entities have not delivered on the project

Okavango Diamond Company Managing Director Mmetla Masire

ODC sets first contract diamond sales for November

State-owned Okavango Diamond Company will start selling diamonds to contracted buyers next month, as it diversifies its sales channels under the government's new deal with De...

BG Correspondent | 17 October 2025

Gov’t acquires stake in Serowe CBM project

Minerals Development Mining Company (MDCB), the government’s mining investment arm has confirmed intentions to acquire a 15 percent equity interest in the Serowe CBM project. The...

BG REPORTER | 10 October 2025

StanChart bank profit dips

Standard Chartered Bank Botswana has reported a 38 percent decline in profit after tax for the first half of 2025, due to challenging macroeconomic environment, heavily influenced...

Keikantse Lesemela | 10 October 2025

De Beers ushers Desert Diamonds

In its consumer marketing move, De Beers Group has launched Desert Diamonds, a new beacon category designed to celebrate the raw, earthy beauty of natural diamonds and tap into a...

BG REPORTER | 10 October 2025

Board Chairperson of NIBFIRA, Thabo Gaadingwe

NBFIRA calls for transparent financial systems in SADC

The Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) has advocated for transparent financial systems across the SADC region.Speaking at the 48th Annual Meeting of the...

Irene Shone | 10 October 2025

Jindal Energy secures funding

Indian banks pumps over P2 billion into Mmamabula energy project

Andrew Maramwidze | 10 October 2025

UNSUSTAINABLE

Tenderpreneurship is dead - Business Botswana

Andrew Maramwidze | 08 October 2025

President Gideon Duma Boko 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, this week

Gov't warned against increasing De Beers stake

Boko promises to have increased to a controlling stake by end of October

Andrew Maramwidze | 26 September 2025

Jürgen Peschel as BTC Chief Executive Officer

BTC executives face the axe

It never rains but pours at Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL), where fresh allegations of looming job losses have surfaced - this time targeting executive...

Nicholas Mokwena | 05 September 2025

Govt to trim investment barriers

Andrew Maramwidze | 05 September 2025

Government introduces digital tax

Andrew Maramwidze | 15 August 2025

Botswana's Progressive Institute Champions Meritocracy at 8th Strategic HR Conference

BG REPORTER | 15 July 2025

Letshego expands financing options

BG Correspondent | 11 July 2025

Stringent penalties for illegal mining looming

Andrew Maramwidze | 18 June 2025

Letshego underperformance worries BIHL

BG REPORTER | 13 June 2025

FUNDS SCANDAL

Bakgatla fuming over missing community money, accuse their leader

Villagers vow legal fight as Minister’s ruling reignites decades-old dispute.

The authority of Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, was openly undermined when he delivered his long-awaited decision to regroup the...

President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko met with United States of America's Secretary of State (Minister of Foreign Relations), Marco Rubio, in Washington on the 7th of March 2025

US to deliver multi-billion Pula medical drug shipment to Botswana

* President Boko credited for persuading Washington to soften its position * US Govt. to assist in supplying drugs for a three-year period

Gamblers projected to lose P1 billion by year end

As Botswana enters the festive “silly season” of bonuses, bright lights and holiday excitement, the Gambling Authority has cautioned that not all that glitters is gold.Gross...