Business

BVI capacity constraints cost Botswana key market

Botswana Vaccine Institute's (BVI) struggle to meet growing regional demand for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines is beginning to exact a commercial cost, with South...
Read more

Banks stay profitable, but expensive funding eats into Q1:2026 earnings

Botswana's banking sector remained firmly profitable in the first quarter of 2026, but rising funding costs and growing credit risk pressures weighed on earnings,...
Read more

Botswana’s savings account recovers but…

Botswana’s fiscal savings account has staged its strongest rebound in more than a year, but fresh data suggests government remains heavily reliant on central...
Read more

BBS Bank shareholders to decide on BSE main board listing 

BBS Bank shareholders will next month decide whether to back a proposal that could pave the way for the lender's migration to the Botswana...
Read more

Botswana’s P400 Billion development ambition faces funding test

Africa could unlock more than $1.4 trillion annually through stronger tax collection, more efficient public spending and deeper financial markets, according to the African...
Read more

Beef industry remains in limbo 

Botswana’s beef industry is seeking answers as the closure of the Botswana Meat Commission’s (BMC) Lobatse abattoir stretches into months following the outbreak of...
Read more

Court ruling revives hopes for Mupane miners’ payouts

Hundreds of former Mupane Gold Mine workers moved a step closer to recovering unpaid salaries and benefits after the Court of Appeal cleared the...
Read more

Vehicle market remains hooked on Japanese imports

Botswana’s appetite for cars is slowing, but not enough to loosen the grip of imported used vehicles on the country’s roads. New data from Statistics...
Read more

Botswana’s economic recovery faces a confidence problem

Botswana’s business community has delivered a sobering verdict on the economy: conditions remain difficult, government spending is constrained and confidence is fragile, even as...
Read more

CEDA’s poultry push runs into an old problem: market power

Botswana’s latest attempt to build a citizen-led poultry industry is running into a familiar question: who really benefits when access to capital improves, but...
Read more
123...793Page 2 of 793