Business

BTC tariffs rebalancing unnerves markets

Botswana Telecommunication Corporation (BTC) sent jittery waves of possible upward inflationary pressures and gloom on its intended privatization plan  as it announced its jerk...

Imara launches its Africa Opportunities Fund initiative

Imara Holdings was last week upbeat about the economic prospects of the African continent as it launched its new product ÔÇô the Africa Opportunities...

FNBB posts historic results on its core business

First National Bank of Botswana, the second largest company on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), broke the banking sector record as it became the...

Gaolathe and Mohohlo dancing to different drumbeats

The much vaunted complementarity between the Fiscal and Monetary authorities has come under renewed spotlight. Indications are that such complementarity talk is more of...

V.T Seretse undergoes a change of heart over privatisation and liberalisation

Botswana Telecommunications Chief Executive Officer V.T Seretse has become the latest convert to the processes of liberalization and privatization in the telecommunications industry. While eight...

Three bidders eye Air Botswana

Three companies bid for the national carrier, Air Botswana, in the second attempt in three years aimed at the privatization of the airline. According...

SADC mulls over shared water system in an attempt to jerk-up development

The 14 member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are due to leap at their future challenges at the upcoming River Basin...

Mascom aims to maintain dominance in the telecommunication industry

Mascom Wireless, the mobile telephone network, is aiming to increase its sites by 120 percent in a bid to remain as a dominant player...

Botswana diamonds profit share in De Beers shoots up

Botswana government's diamond mining profits in De Beers increased by 10 percent in the first six months to June, reflecting the impact of the...

A-Cap Resources lists on BSE this week

An Australian Stock Exchange listed mining prospecting outfit, A- Cap Resource Ltd, is to join the BSE this week in a bid to expand...