By Des H Rikhotso President Duma Boko’s refusal to visit the White House signals a bolder African posture on sovereignty – and may be backed by...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Strategic equity demands and infrastructure investments signal a new era of African economic sovereignty. The landscape of African resource control is undergoing...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Southern Africa stands apart. While military coups have swept across West and Central Africa with alarming regularity, the Southern African Development Community...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson In a move that could redefine the global diamond trade, Botswana is asserting its right to majority ownership of De Beers, the world’s...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu With the highest number of countries in the world, being the second-largest continent, and with a diverse sociocultural landscape, the security dynamics...
By Gregory Simpkins Making arrangements to travel often begins early in the year, especially if it involves international travel. The Business Insider Africa website has rated...
Al Cook, Chief Executive Officer of De Beers, and Duncan Wanblad, Chief Executive Officer of Anglo-American, have met with President Duma Boko in a courtesy call...
Bloomberg | Botswana’s push to diversify its economy away from mining and into financial services positions it to compete with Mauritius as an African hub for...
Botswana’s new President, Duma Boko, was sworn into office in the capital, Gaborone, by Chief Justice Terrence Rannowane, just hours after his victory in Wednesday’s election...
AP | The party of Botswana’s opposition candidate Duma Boko was declared the election winner Friday over incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi in a seismic change that...
Botswana’s national election is scheduled for October 30, featuring President Mokgweetsi Masisi as the leading candidate against three main opponents. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), led...
By Mary Alorh Botswana is often depicted as a nation striving to fully harness its potential and develop its resources without relying on external support. Sir...
Reuters | Botswana intends to renegotiate its proposed purchase of a stake in Belgian gem dealer HB Antwerp to double the size of its shareholding at...
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Monday that his administration is currently in negotiations with Zimbabwean authorities to extend the Machipanda railway into Botswana. The Machipanda...
By Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso and Abiodun Olusola Omotayo Sub-Saharan African countries strongly rely on the agricultural and forestry sectors. Agriculture contributes up to 60 percent of...
Hailing the two-day official state visit by Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi to The Bahamas as a success, Bahamas Prime Minister Philip E. Davis said that a...
By Caroline Kimeu When Ugandans Maureen Agena and Edward Echwalu arrived at the Lesotho border during their five-month road trip across east and southern Africa, the...
Reuters | Botswana will not back down on demands for a bigger share of rough diamonds from its joint venture with De Beers, President Mokgweetsi Masisi...
By Yinka Adegoke Botswana’s acquisition of a 24 percent stake in a Belgian diamond company is one of the most ambitious attempts by an African country...
AFP | In a perceived challenge to De Beers’s dominance of Botswana’s diamond industry, the southern African nation’s government announced Monday it will buy a 24...
The Bahamas government has reversed its policy of imposing travel restrictions on persons coming from certain African countries, indicating that the decision had been taken due...
Press Release | Botswana has become the first high-burden country to be certified for achieving an important milestone on the path to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of...
Countries are not slaves to the past. With the right institutional framework and policies, like Botswana, they can overcome the history of colonialism and the curse...
Two entrepreneurs from Botswana’s technology center, the Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) have developed a software solution for livestock farmers. Thuto Gaotingwe and Tebogo Dichabeng, working under...
Leaders of anti-corruption agencies in Africa are meeting in Ghana’s capital Accra to discuss strategies to curb graft on the continent. Delegates from 17 Commonwealth African...
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Tuesday said Botswana witnessed a faster economic growth in 2013 due to improved mining sector performance. Lamin Leigh, the Head...
ZESCO has signed a deal with Australia’s African Energy Resources to transmit power to Southern Province from the Aussie firm’s coal-fueled station in Botswana. The memorandum...
As Gem Diamond’s flagship Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, continued to perform well during the year to December, the London-listed diamond miner was gearing up for commercial...
Botswana’s citizens are increasingly choosing electronic transfers over cheques to make payments, according to the country’s central bank governor. Mohohlo advised that although banknotes and coins...
Gaborone’s first gem sales will bolster the negotiating power of African governments in the natural resource sector. In a significant early victory in the battle for...
By Tony Elumelu (Reuters) – To Africa’s many challenges, add one more: unemployment. Unemployment, independent of any other factor, threatens to derail the economic promise that...
Botswana President Ian Khama. PHOTO/File Botswana President Ian Khama has been named a 2013 Global Visionary at this year’s annual Conde Nash Visionaries Dinner held in...
A sleepy African city is rapidly being turned into a major global trading center. After decades of just mining rough diamonds, Botswana’s capital Gaborone now cuts,...
(Reuters) – Seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa, have cut the number of new HIV infections in children by 50 percent since 2009, the United Nations AIDS...
Sub-Saharan Africa is more peaceful than commonly perceived, according to a new Global Peace Index (GPI) report, although levels of violence remain high in North Africa...
As Botswana diversifies from it’s largely mineral dependent economy into the establishment of a financial services hub, the southern African country is stepping up efforts to...
Botswana President Ian Khama Botswana President Ian Khama has received two stitches in his face after being clawed by a cheetah, a government spokesman said Monday....
Botswana says it will ban hunting by 2014 because of fears that the nation is losing its wildlife. The nation’s Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism...
News Release (Marketwire) — The University of Botswana Faculty of Business will receive a US$115,000 grant to develop graduate and executive business programs from the Graduate...
Botswana Vice President., Mompati Merafhe. PHOTO/File The Vice President of Botswana, Mompati Merafhe, has announced his intention to retire at the end of this month due...
Botswana’s big idea for diversification of the largely mineral-dependent economy is the establishment of a world-class financial services hub in the capital city, Gaborone, to develop...
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) as met with its African member states, as part of its continental fundraising efforts. The consultations on the fringes of...
(Reuters) – Botswana, the world’s biggest diamond producer, is projected to post a budget surplus in 2012, turning the corner on three years of deficits sparked...
(Reuters) – Botswana’s economy grew by 5.8 percent on a quarterly basis in the third quarter, quickening from a downwardly revised 3.6 percent in the second...
Botswana has retained its position as the least corrupt nation in Africa, according to the 2011 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released in Berlin, Germany, by the...
(Reuters) – Botswana President Ian Khama said on Monday the southern African country’s economy was expected to slow to 5.7 percent this year from 7.2 percent...
Amantle Montsho (pictured), held off Allyson Felix on the line to win a dramatic women’s 400 metres final on Monday, earning Botswana its first gold medal...
