Business

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...

BoB sticks to its target despite unruly inflation

Bank of Botswana governor, Linah Mohohlo, defiantly stuck to her guns of an annual inflation range at 4-7 percent amid the unstable global and...

Debswana expansion projects to put strain on national budget

Botswana national budget is likely to experience further stress in the next few years as more money goes towards building a P6 billion worth...

Inflation to slide further, mining sector to pick-up the economy- analysts

The consumer price index (CPI) is expected to sage in the second part of the year while the mining sector is thought to bolster...

BoB licenses Imara African Fund

THE Gaborone-registered Imara financial services group announced last week that its Imara African Opportunities Fund has been registered by Botswana's financial service regulators and...

Furniture Mart opens its first mega store

Furniture Mart, the titanic regional furniture shop listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), pressed ahead with its planned growth strategy by opening its...