Business

Parley approves urgent overhaul of FMD zones

Parliament has turned up the heat on government to overhaul Botswana’s veterinary disease control framework, calling for an urgent review and re-demarcation of livestock...
Read more

Inside Botswana’s public service overhaul

Botswana is moving to overhaul its public sector employment framework through the proposed Public Service Bill, 2026, a sweeping reform that aligns government labour...
Read more

CEDA lifts SME funding as loan recoveries surge 

Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) ramped up funding to small businesses while tightening collections, as government leans on the institution to drive citizen-led growth...
Read more

Stanbic holds profit steady 

Stanbic Bank Botswana kept earnings largely unchanged in 2025, as strong growth in trading and fee income offset a sharp squeeze on lending margins...
Read more

Ramatlabama FMD outbreak raises risks for Botswana’s beef strategy

Botswana’s beef sector is facing renewed pressure after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at the Ramatlabama Artificial Insemination and Training Centre, a key...
Read more

BDC swings to deeper interim loss as impairments and funding costs bite

Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) reported a sharply wider half-year loss, as rising impairments, falling loan income and higher funding costs exposed growing strain in...
Read more

Kenewendo flags cost constraints in rural electrification push

Energy minister, Bogolo Kenewendo this week told parliament that high connection costs are limiting the pace of rural electrification, even as government maintains a...
Read more

Gov’t flirts with 24-hour drinking again — in the name of economic growth

Government is considering reintroducing 24-hour liquor trading over the Easter holidays, because nothing says economic stimulus quite like a nation that never closes the...
Read more

Far from the Gulf, UN economist says Botswana is feeling the heat

Far from the battlefields of the Middle East, Botswana is already counting the cost. “The conflict’s ripple effects - energy, freight and fertiliser are already...
Read more

Botswana digs in over US diamond tariffs as pressure mounts on exports

Botswana is stepping up efforts to secure duty-free access for its rough diamonds into the United States, signalling it will not retreat from its...
Read more
1...8910...796Page 9 of 796