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Botswana Strikes Beef Export Gold
Botswana Gazette
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June 22, 2025
Botswana will assume South Africa’s position as China’s main beef trading partner in Africa due to the outbreak of FMD in its southern neighbour. This means Botswana will be expected to match South Africa’s beef exports to the massive Chinese...
Liu Jianchao meets ministers from Mozambique and Botswana
Friends of Socialist China
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June 29, 2025
Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee (IDCPC), met on June 13 with Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique, and Phenyo...
How Botswana’s Sustainable Natural Diamond Story Sparkled At JCK
Forbes
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Diamond exports provide Botswana's economy with strong supplies of foreign exchange and have helped ... More finance industrial development, improvements in Botswana's infrastructure plus nationwide free education.Natural Diamond Council Various...
Motsepe cleared! – Botswana court slams dirty money claims as lies
African Insider
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June 28, 2025
Gaborone – Botswana’s High Court ruled on Friday that a former government investigator’s claims of corruption against South African mining executive Bridgette Motsepe were false and ordered an apology. Motsepe is the sister of South Africa’s first...
Pick n Pay SA takes over Botswana franchise
MMEGI
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June 26, 2025
The deal was confirmed by the Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA), which approved the transaction with conditions aimed at protecting jobs and maintaining market competition. NTS Holdings, a locally incorporated company, has since 2009 held a...
Wilderness Launches Shokomoka Agriculture Facility
Botswana Gazette
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June 26, 2025
Wilderness just announced a P2.4 million agriculture and training project in Shorobe aimed at empowering local communities and strengthening sustainable tourism through impact-driven partnerships GAZETTE REPORTER Wilderness has launched a new...
Acacia-Composites manufacturers eyes more export markets
Windhoek Observer
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Acacia-Composites Manufacturers, the African continent’s only WPC (wood-plastic composite) manufacturer, recently exhibited at WoodEX for Africa 2025, which was held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa....
TikTok trailblazer: Botswana’s Mosa farms, leads, and inspires
Food For Mzansi
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June 25, 2025
Mosa Balesamang does not just raise sheep; she raises the bar. With a scientist’s brain and a farmer’s heart, she shares how she runs her farm in Botswana in this episode of the Farmer Mentor series. When Mosa Balesamang walks into a kraal, phone...
South Africa takes action against foot and mouth disease with Botswana's vaccine support
IOL
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June 26, 2025
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has confirmed that South Africa is actively addressing the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) affecting four provinces. On Thursday, Ntshavheni indicated that the Cabinet also welcomed...
Botswana eyes deep, beneficial ties with China
China Daily
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Phenyo Butale Botswana's minister of international relations, Phenyo Butale, has hailed 50 years of China-Botswana ties as mutually beneficial, voicing optimism about deepening the relationship through strengthened collaboration in trade,...
Namibia promotes diamonds, energy at summit
New Era
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Namibia has emphasised the importance of natural diamonds and energy development as key drivers of economic growth at the 2025 U.S.-Africa Business Summit held in Luanda, Angola. Speaking during a side interview after attending the summit, Ben...
Botswana’s horticultural sector grows stronger amid climate pressures
MMEGI
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June 17, 2025
According to officials, the agricultural sub sector currently produces 112,000 tonnes of horticultural produce annually, signaling substantial progress towards self-sufficiency. However, challenges such as stagnant cultivated land, slow irrigation...
Botswana headlines Vegas as industry eyes rebound
MMEGI
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June 17, 2025
“You can’t grow love in a lab,” was President Duma Boko’s rallying call in Las Vegas and New York last week, as he marshalled the natural diamond world to partner for a recovery. Natural diamonds have been in a slump since late 2023 due to a...
Botswana secures access to China beef market
MMEGI
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June 17, 2025
The agreement comes as a lifeline for the country’s struggling meat industry and marks a rare win for the sector that has faced years of financial instability and declining output. The deal, confirmed by Minister of International Relations Dr....
Nedbank powers mining growth with Trollope deal
New Era
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Nedbank Namibia has concluded a funding deal that marks the beginning of a strategic partnership aimed at advancing Namibia’s mining sector. The deal is with Trollope Contractors Namibia (Pty) Ltd, an affiliate of the South African-based Trollope...
Botswana Courts Investors at JCK
Botswana Gazette
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June 16, 2025
President Duma Boko just laid out plans to expand Botswana’s diamond sector and investment appeal through beneficiation, green energy and economic reforms before an audience of diamond industry leaders at the JCK Las Vegas Trade Show GAZETTE...
MINING PUSH BEYOND DIAMONDS.
Gabz FM
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June 16, 2025
Article By: Rorisang Mogojwe Botswana is stepping up efforts to diversify its mining sector as diamond sales continue to decline. Speaking at the Future of Mining Summit this morning, Minerals and Energy Minister Bogolo Kenewendo announced the...
BOTSWANA’S DIAMOND INDUSTRY MOVES UP THE VALUE CHAIN.
Gabz FM
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June 16, 2025
Article By: Phenyo Babusi Botswana’s diamond sector is shifting from raw exports to local polishing, cutting, and trading—a space once dominated by foreign firms. Zoe Diamond Polishing MD Ada Thela told Gabz FM News that more Batswana are being...
Shaping the Future of African Mining
Business Ghana
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As the global energy transition accelerates and demand for critical minerals continues to surge, Africa’s vast mineral wealth – accounting for 30% of the world’s critical minerals - is capturing the attention of investors, innovators and...
Shaping The Future Of African Mining: What To Expect At African Mining Week (AMW) 2025
MENAFN
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June 24, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo As the global energy transition accelerates and demand for critical minerals continues to surge, Africa's vast mineral wealth – accounting for 30% of the world's critical minerals - is capturing...