Recently, Botswana banned vegetable imports from neighbouring countries, including South Africa, in a move to force people to buy local. However, South Africa is never this aggressive; it instead ...

Botswana has appointed Cornelius Dekop as Central Bank governor as the mineral-rich nation embarks on an ambitious plan to diversify beyond its extraordinary diamond wealth. The economist was named ...

Gaborone — Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry has embarked on policy and regulatory reforms to improve business landscape in the country and doing business rankings. This was said by Minister ...

GABORONE, November 1, 2016 – With an overall ranking of 71 out 190 economies, Botswana maintained previous position on the ease of doing business index, according to Doing Business 2017: Equal ...

Nigerian investors have been encouraged to take advantage of the wealth of opportunities available across the African continent in order to expand their business frontiers. Giving this charge was ...

Botswana and Kenya have been trying to revive air links for a long time now after they were severed in the early 1990s due to the route not being profitable. As other airline’s cut back on capacity, ...

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The South African nation of Botswana hopes to gain a share of the BPO (business process outsourcing) market by making a pitch for niche areas. Botswana’s challenge is that competitors in Asia and ...

Botswana, the world's largest diamond producer, is betting that selling big gems to rich young Americans will ease its economic woes and it is trying to catch their eye via Instagram and TikTok. That ...

Depletion of diamonds closer to the surface has prompted De Beers and Botswana to dig deep into their pockets to fund underground operations. Global diamond giant De Beers and Botswana’s Debswana ...

Gaborone — The year 2020 has been the most difficult for the business sector due to the outbreak of COVID-19 which affected the world economy. Businesses closed shops and retrenchments became the ...

On the back of the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, Botswana is seeking to accelerate economic transformation plans, with a focus on private sector investment and diversification. As in most ...