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  • BITC shares Botswana's investment prospects

    22:33 | 19/3/18
    WeekendPost
    When addressing Ambassadors and Commissioners attached to Botswana on ideal investment options in Botswana this week, the Executive Director of Business Facilitation Manager at BITC Reginald Selelo indicated that Botswana is an ideal place for ... more»

  • Dumelang, ditsala!

    20:07 | 6/3/18
    Montrose Daily Press
    He challenged the Bakgatla to ask their chief, Kgosi Kgafela Kgafela II, to return from South Africa where he has been since 2011 after having his chieftainship revoked by the government of Botswana. I live in an exciting district! President Khama has ... more»

  • Diacore Gaborone Marathon Offers 1 Million Pula Prize

    07:11 | 23/2/18
    PR Newswire
    GABORONE, Botswana, Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented move, Diacore Gaborone Marathon kicks off the year with groundbreaking reward, calling on the fastest runners worldwide. more»

  • Botswana diamond raises R8 million to fund exploration

    01:33 | 16/2/18
    Inside Mining
    Botswana Diamonds has raised close to 8.20 million rand or 6.75 million pula in order to fund ongoing diamond exploration in South Africa and Botswana as well as to provide the company with additional working capital. The company placed 50,000,000 new ... more»

  • Parastatals with overlapping mandates to be merged

    19:45 | 13/2/18
    WeekendPost
    Matambo shared that last year, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited registered a net profit of P237.3 million, compared to a net loss of P370.8 million in 2016; Botswana Housing Corporation also performed well with a net profit of P48.5 ... more»

  • Gov't owes WUC 320 million pula water bill

    19:56 | 12/2/18
    WeekendPost
    Government is failing to pay a whooping 320 million pula that it owes to Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) in water bills. The water corporation is now threatening to disconnect government offices from water supply. more»

  • UPDATE 1-Botswana's economy seen expanding at faster pace this year

    21:15 | 5/2/18
    Reuters
    Matambo said Botswana's budget deficit was projected to widen to 3.59 billion pula ($372 million) or 1.8 percent of GDP in the 2018/19 fiscal year from an estimated deficit of 2.42 billion pula or 1.3 percent of GDP in the prior year. The country's ... more»

  • Govt looks to chip away at Pula's value

    04:00 | 10/1/18
    Mmegi Online
    The annual review of the rate of crawl sets the direction the ministry and the Bank of Botswana want the pula to trend in terms of its value against the South African rand and hard currencies for the year. more»

  • AfDB sets up P5bn local bond programme

    16:56 | 17/12/17
    Mmegi Online
    In what is seen as an indication of local capital markets deepening as well as a boost for local companies seeking funding, the bonds are expected to be issued in tranches as and when demand arises and listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE ... more»

  • Cerebral Harmattan

    01:56 | 13/12/17
    CNBCAfrica.com
    The top ten performing currencies on this continent at some point in 2017, were: the Egyptian Pound; the Eritrean Nakffa; South Africa's Rand; Botswana's Pula; the Moroccan Dirham; Zambia's Kwacha, the Sudanese Pound, Ghana's Cedi (you know ... more»
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