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Underground mining the future
Zawya
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Underground mining has become more scientific, controlled and automated, requiring fewer people underground, improving safety and efficiency. Murray Macnab, group executive technical director UMS says mining is here to stay and underground mining...
Significant opportunities in Zim’s leather industry
The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe)
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Bulawayo Bureau ZIMBABWE’S livestock value chain holds immense potential, particularly in the leather sector, which continues to face significant challenges that have stifled growth and competitiveness. A recent panel discussion at the inaugural...
Botswana seeks to finalise diamond sales pact with De Beers
Mining Technology
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January 24, 2025
Botswana is set to finalise a long-awaited diamond sales agreement with De Beers, aiming to diversify the nation’s economy. President Duma Boko, who assumed office in November 2024, prioritised the deal with De Beers, a unit of Anglo American, as...
Botala Energy (ASX:BTE) Clinches Transformative LNG Deal in Botswana
Kalkine Media
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March 27, 2025
Highlights,Botala Energy secures major LNG offtake deal.,Agreement potentially worth $381 million annually.,A strategic move amidst regional gas shortages.,In a significant stride for its Serowe coal bed methane project in Botswana, Botala Energy...
Forensic Audit or Political Circus: Botswana’s Misplaced Priorities In A Time of Crisis
Botswana Gazette
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March 29, 2025
Instead of leading a frank national conversation about the economic crisis and how to tackle problems like divestment, decentralisation, economic restructuring, digitisation and immigration reform, the government has turned its attention to...
BOTSWANA-GABORONE-CHINA-ELECTRIC VEHICLE-ASSEMBLY FACTORY
Big News Network
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(241009) -- GABORONE, Oct. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi (L) tries one of the first batch of locally assembled electric vehicles in Gaborone, Botswana, on Oct. 7, 2024. Botswana on Monday unveiled its first batch of...
Namibia’s N$4.7m Afcon bid flop now under scrutiny in Botswana
The Namibian
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March 26, 2025
The government spent N$4.7 million on a failed bid to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) with Botswana. The Botswana-Namibia (Bona) bid aimed to bring the continent’s top-24 national teams to the region, but ultimately collapsed. The...
St Louis, Botswana’s thirstiest brew
The Voice
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March 23, 2025
Botswana’s beloved locally produced beer, St Louis, tops the list as the most water-intensive beverage in Kgalagadi Breweries Limited’s (KBL) product line. Despite its high-water usage, KBL says it is doubling down on efforts to optimize water...
Air Botswana expands regional reach with Gaborone-Durban route
MMEGI
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March 26, 2025
Since its inauguration in December, the route has recorded nearly 2,000 passengers as at the end of February, indicating strong demand. According to Air Botswana’s Sales and Marketing Manager, Mogolo Mokgosi, the airline is pleased with the...
Puma Energy energising Africa with ‘Go Africa!” campaign
Malawi Voice
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March 26, 2025
Puma Energy Malawi team celebrating the launch of the GO! Africa marketing campaign Malawi, 14th March 2025 – Puma Energy, a leading global energy company, is proud to launch its “Go Africa!” brand campaign in seven African countries: Botswana,...
Botswana Diamonds applies for licences over new AI-identified targets
Mining Weekly
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London-listed Botswana Diamonds has applied for three prospecting licences to secure key anomalies identified by its recent AI-driven exploration programme. The company’s AI analysis, which was announced in December, identified seven kimberlite...
Orange Botswana SSKIA shop opens to improve customer access
MMEGI
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March 26, 2025
The store is expected to serve tourists, business travellers and returning citizens, ensuring they can connect as soon as they arrive in Botswana. The newly launched shop offers amongst others e-SIM activation, SIM swaps and registration, Orange...
Disney+ Series ‘Rivals’ Scoops Royal Television Society Awards; ‘Industry’ Named Best Drama
Deadline
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March 26, 2025
Rivals, the Disney+ series about sex and scandal in the British television industry in the 1980s, was one of the big winners at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Progamme Awards. At a ceremony in London on Tuesday, Danny Dyer took home Supporting...
Botswana’s new president is a human rights lawyer on a mission
Christian Science Monitor
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January 30, 2025
Few places are as different as the country where Duma Boko was born in 1969 and the one where he became president last November. He began life in one of the poorest nations on Earth, which had only two dozen university graduates and 7 miles of...
Dints International secures £12.5 million contract for infrastructure and renewable energy projects in Angola
Open Access Government
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March 25, 2025
Dints, a London-based project integrator with over 18 years of experience, played a central role in bringing together various stakeholders for this deal. The company works as a bridge between buyers, suppliers, logistics, providers, and funding...
Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes
CFO Dive
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Botswana's e-vehicles assembly in limbo
Botswana Guardian Sun
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January 30, 2025
David Tshere, the Minister of Communications and Innovation, has hailed the introduction of e-cars as a “commendable initiative”, but insisted it doesn’t fall under his ministry’s mandate. However, he disagrees with the notion that it falls under...
Botswana's historic political shift: BDP's 60-year rule ends
Meer
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January 24, 2025
Botswana witnessed a seismic political shift in its recent general elections, marking an end to the Botswana Democratic Party's (BDP) nearly six-decade-long rule. The ruling party, which has governed since Botswana gained independence from Britain...
Botswana president aims to clinch De Beers deal, diversify economy
Times LIVE
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January 24, 2025
Anglo American is looking to divest De Beers as part of a broader restructuring of its sprawling business. Like many African countries, Botswana's economy is largely dependent on the export of a single commodity, in its case diamonds, of which it...
Botswana Diamonds renews two prospecting licences
Mining Weekly
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Botswana has renewed two of London-listed Botswana Diamonds’ prospecting licences – 224/2007 and 169/2019 – for two years until December 31, 2026. The licences include the KX36 discovery, as well as several high-grade geophysical anomalies where...