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BTC sponsors World Athletics Relays

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTC) has been unveiled as a sponsor of the World Athletics Relays Gaborone 2026 to be held in Gaborone, Botswana on the 2nd and 3rd May 2026 at an event organised to reveal and honour the founding sponsors.

‘BURS collaborates with Tax Inspectors without Borders’

BURS on Monday launched the Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) Programme to unravel complex financial network in order to recover taxes through a unique collaboration between the OECD, the UNDP, and the Botswana Unified Revenue Service.

‘Stakeholders discuss revising SMME Definition to boost SMME Growth’

The Local Enterprise Authority (LEA), along with the Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship is leading a nationwide stakeholder consultation process to gazette an updated and legally binding definition for Small, Micro, and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs).

Central Bank Governor cautions commercial banks

Commercial Banks in Botswana have been instructed by the Central Bank today not to increase their current Prime Lending Rate’s(PLR) after it increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MoPR) by 160 basis points from 1.9 percent to 3.5 percent.

DIVERSIFY Bots economy through Gambling

The acting Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Botswana’s ‘Gambling Authority’ Moruntshi Kemorwale, spoke at the ‘Botswana Mining Show’ about the national economic potential of gambling.

Progressive Institute host Inaugural Mining Show

The mining industry has met and held the “Botswana Mining Show”, themed, “A new Era in Mining”. The show, which concludes on Thursday 23rd October, is meant to increase collaboration within the industry and educate the public about mining.

BOTSWANA LAUNCHES ELECTRICITY ENERGY IMPACT PROGRAM

Botswana launched the Energy Compact program at Hotel 4:30 in the new CBD, Gaborone, Botswana.

FAIRGROUND HOLDINGS and MEAT ON FIRE partner

Fairground Holdings has announced a three-year strategic partnership with Meat on Fire, under which Fairground Holdings will serve as the official venue partner for Meat on Fire’s Beast on Fire – Botswana’s premier all-you-can-eat carnivore experience.

BOTSWANA TO CONSTRUCT ‘NEW CAPITAL CITY’ – ZOTUS

Botswana hosted development partners Zotus Group at Global Expo at the Fairgrounds in Gaborone.

Boko extols Bots aim of achieving export led growth

President Duma Boko today officially opened 2025 Pula Global Expo, held under the theme “Unlocking Botswana’s Potential: Partnership for Sustainable Growth,” reaffirming his publicly stated ambitions to transform the country into "a high-income, digitally enabled, export-driven, and people-centered nation."

Bots VAT laws to be amended to accommodate growth in digitalization

The Government of Botswana has amended the Value Added Tax Act to introduce the requirement of taxpayers registered for VAT to issue electronic invoices using Electronic Billing Systems.

Natural Diamond Council to launch Hero campaign to bolster diamond sales

The De Beers Group will open about 100 FOREVERMARK stores in India over the next 7 years which accounts for about 10% global demand with confidence rising that natural diamond sales will rebound despite the persisting uncertainty around US tariffs on Indian exports.

ABSA results hurt by liquidity constraints

ABSA’s Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) experienced a difficult half-year, with total income lower by 14%, reflecting the impact of liquidity constraints and competitive funding dynamics that reduced deposits and muted non-funded income.

VP launches NON-DEAL ROADSHOW to deepen bond market

Local institutional investors, pension funds, banks, asset managers, and international development finance institutions have been urged to explore the range of local bond instruments on offer, to further deepen the bond market.

‘Bots Oil bolsters efforts to further CEEP’

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BERA announces decreases in petrol prices