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Botswana sets up Sovereign Wealth Fund
MMEGI
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September 11, 2025
The Fund is designed to provide long-term economic stability, create jobs, and ensure that wealth from the nation’s resources continues to benefit generations to come. During a press briefing earlier today, the Fund’s inaugural chairperson, Farouk...
Botswana launches new wealth fund to drive diversification, create jobs
Times LIVE
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"The Pula Fund is a liquidity stabilisation fund, it is a fund that takes cash and keeps it for a rainy day. This sovereign wealth fund will not be only about stabilisation, it's about growth," Farouk Gumel, the fund's board chairperson, told a...
Botswana launches new wealth fund to drive diversification and create jobs
Zawya
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Botswana has set up a new sovereign wealth fund to drive economic diversification, create jobs and manage state companies, officials said on Wednesday. The Southern African country, long viewed as an African economic success story, is in a slump...
'Botswana’s solar wealth still untapped'
MMEGI
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September 10, 2025
This was the central theme at the Absa Green Energy Roundtable last Thursday, where experts, policymakers and financiers reflected on the gap between potential and actual capacity. Speaking at the forum, Absa Bank Botswana Managing Director,...
Botswana edges closer to carbon tax introduction
MMEGI
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September 10, 2025
Technocrats at the Ministry of Environment and Tourism have revealed that they are wary of the European Union’s plans to heavily tax commodities from carbon gas-emitting countries, which could affect the country’s trade. Thus, the country is...
Botswana government sends medication to various parts of the country
SABC News
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September 10, 2025
The Botswana government says progress has been made in getting medication to different parts of the country. This after President Duma Boko declared the state of public health emergency two weeks ago. This followed reports of shortage of medicines...
BOTSWANA JOINS REGIONAL EFFORT TO CURB ILLEGAL FIREARMS
Gabz FM
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September 10, 2025
Article By: Phenyo Babusi Botswana has launched a nationwide firearms amnesty this September, urging citizens to surrender unregistered or illegally held weapons without fear of arrest or prosecution. Botswana Police Service’s Senior Commissioner,...
BOTSWANA URGED TO SELL OFF ITS DE BEERS STAKE
Gabz FM
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September 10, 2025
Article By: Gilbert Manenye Investment professional and economic consultant Mphoeng Mphoeng has urged Botswana to think twice before buying a bigger stake in De Beers and instead consider following Anglo American in cutting its stake in the...
JCHX Buys Sandvik Fleet for Botswana Copper
Engineering & Mining Journal - Florida
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September 11, 2025
Above, a TH663i similar to those bought by JCHX. (Photo: Sandvik) JCHX Mining Management Co., Ltd., a Chinese mining contractor, selected Sandvik Mining to supply a 32-unit underground equipment fleet for MMG’s Khoemacau copper mine (KCM) in...
Air Botswana Wins Safety Award
Botswana Gazette
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September 11, 2025
Air Botswana has won the 2025 Gold Aviation Safety Award of Litson & Associates, marking its second major safety recognition this year GAZETTE REPORTER Air Botswana has received the Litson & Associates Gold Aviation Safety Award for 2025....
Namibia clears Newco’s Barloworld takeover as Botswana, US disclosure conditions also met
Engineering News
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JSE-listed Barloworld and investor consortium vehicle Newco have confirmed that the Namibian Competition Commission has granted unconditional approval for the implementation of Newco’s takeover offer for Barloworld. This means the condition of the...
Remembering ATI: The liberator We Never Knew We Needed!
Botswana Gazette
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September 14, 2025
The passing of rapper Atlasaone Bryn Molemogi, better known as ATI, has left Botswana mourning a voice that transcended music to challenge politics, gender norms, and silence itself BRADLEY FORTUIN The past two weeks have been a sad and...
Hollard Botswana’s Karabo funeral plan recognised for advancing financial inclusion
Weekend Post-Insightful
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September 10, 2025
Hollard Life Botswana’s Karabo funeral plan received international recognition at the 2025 Tokio Marine Group Awards. The funeral plan was recognised for its role in extending financial inclusion to underserved populations. The award, which...
Preps For Gaborone Int’l Karate Open Advanced
Botswana Gazette
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September 10, 2025
Shihan Mpho Bakwadi is all agog about the tournament that will pitch first-rate Batswana karatekas against the best from the DRC, South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia and possibly the US and assert Botswana’s place in the martial arts...
Implementing a DPA program: A perspective from Botswana
IAPP
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September 10, 2025
Debswana Diamond Company Legal Administrator Naledi Comet Mokgwathi, CIPP/E, outlines how companies can make it easier to comply with Botswana's Data Protection Act, which took force in January. Mokgwathi notes people should take a holistic...
Botswana’s First Clinical Embryologist Pushes for IVF Services
Weekend Post-Insightful
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September 8, 2025
Botswana has achieved a historic milestone in the field of reproductive health with the country’s first clinical embryologist, Ms. One Stephen, completing training under the Merck Foundation Fertility and Embryology Program in November 2023. Her...
Lab-grown diamonds robbing South Africa of riches
The South African
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September 14, 2025
South Africa, Botswana and several southern African peers that built much of their prosperity on diamonds are scrambling for alternatives as cheaper, lab-grown stones threaten their economies. Diamond-dependent Botswana is leading the way and...
Miss World Botswana partners with Air Botswana
MMEGI
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September 10, 2025
Miss Botswana says the collaboration is set to strengthen Miss World Botswana’s presence both locally and internationally by ensuring smooth and reliable mobility for the queen and her team as they carryout their duties. According to Miss World...
OHIO's CIBED leadership explores and secures expanded partnership opportunities in Botswana
Ohio University
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October 9, 2025
Leaders from Ohio University’s Center for International Business Education and Development (CIBED) recently completed an exploratory mission to Gaborone, Botswana, focused on expanding the Global Consulting Program and strengthening existing ties...
Kalafhi Medical Group eyes medical tourism as Botswana’s next growth frontier
MMEGI
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September 10, 2025
The company, trading under Phomolo Health (Pty) Ltd, is fully citizen-owned and was founded in 2018 by Dr. Matlhogonolo Mongwa-Mouwane. Since its establishment, its operations have since grown to include four medical clinics, three retail...