B.C. drawing billions as Indo-Pacific ramps up minerals trade

Photo: Daisy Xiong, BIV. Constantine Karayannopoulos, former chairman and CEO of Neo Performance Materials Inc.; Vina Nadjibulla, vice-president of research and strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; and Pascale Massot, associate...

‘In Europe, lawyers rule, in China, engineers rule’ – While Germany plays politics, the country is fast becoming irrelevant, writes Welt columnist

“While Germany debates whether Markus Söder eats too much sausage or whether the AfD should be banned, more ambitious nations are overtaking us,” writes Fatina Keilani for Die Welt, citing the reason behind this that Europe is ruled by lawyers...

Namibia clears Newco’s Barloworld takeover as Botswana, US disclosure conditions also met

JSE-listed Barloworld and investor consortium vehicle Newco have confirmed that the Namibian Competition Commission has granted unconditional approval for the implementation of Newco’s takeover offer for Barloworld. This means the condition of the...

Preps For Gaborone Int’l Karate Open Advanced 

Shihan Mpho Bakwadi is all agog about the tournament that will pitch first-rate Batswana karatekas against the best from the DRC, South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia and possibly the US and assert Botswana’s place in the martial arts...

Botswana Trades Mineral Access for US Tariff Relief

Government offers priority mineral rights in bid to cut export duties GAZETTE REPORTER President Duma Boko’s administration has offered the United States priority access to critical minerals in ongoing negotiations to reduce export tariffs...

Stats confirm food import substitution emergency

The pace of food imports comes as the country’s foreign reserves decline due to the prolonged diamond downturn. The Bank of Botswana has said retail, including food, is amongst the biggest consumers of foreign currency in the country, together...

Society Insider: Ex-All Black Pita Alatini’s work with King’s College First XV rugby; PM Christopher Luxon’s son William’s post-graduation plans

The school is famous for creating captains of industry and a fair few rich listers, including the late Sir Douglas Myers and Sir Robert Fenwick, Hugh Fletcher, and David Richwhite, All Black great Ian Kirkpatrick, and more recently Jamie Beaton...

Reviewing smart water metering rollout in Botswana

A Botswana Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) initiative, which forms part of a multi-phase national smart water meter rollout, demonstrates how advanced communication technologies, hybrid prepayment solutions, and data-driven operational models...

Global mining leaders and ministers to convene in Sydney for IMARC 2025

Ministers from five continents – including senior representatives from the governments of Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Botswana, Sweden, Uganda and Timor-Leste – will join their Australian counterparts at the 2025 International Mining and Resources...

Botswana minister hails China ties for driving development

GABORONE, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- China has made significant contributions to Botswana's development over the past 50 years, Botswana's Minister of International Relations Phenyo Butale said Thursday at a reception marking the golden jubilee of...

A ‘tarrific’ opportunity for Botswana

India, which accounts for 90% of cutting and polishing activities in the industry, presently has one of the highest tariffs for entry to the US at 50%, while another major centre China, has equally been hit at about 30%. Other diamond centres such...

Botswana's Health Crisis Exposes Country's Fragile Political, Economic Systems

Kim Heller|Published 33 minutes ago 5min Kim Heller Once celebrated as a stronghold of democracy and stability in Africa, Botswana is now displaying worrying signs of deterioration, as the nation grapples with economic and health challenges....

Factbox-Anglo American and Teck Resources' key mining assets

(Reuters) - London-listed miner Anglo American said on Tuesday it has agreed to a merger with Canada's Teck Resources, in what would be the biggest mining sector M&A deal in over a decade. Below are details of their key operations: Both Anglo...

Botswana sees softest inflation rate since August 2020

Disclaimer: The following content is generated automatically by a GPT AI and may not be accurate. To verify the details, please watch the videoIn a recent interview on CNBC Africa, Kealeboga Mogodi, Head of Business and Commercial Sales at Stanbic...

New Würth Elektronik location in South Africa

New Würth Elektronik location in South Africa September 2025 News A new Würth Elektronik branch has opened in Brackenfell, Western Cape. The location operates under the name Wurth Electronics South Africa and will serve local customers, as well as...

Former Botswana regulator Peter Kesitilwe to head African iGaming Alliance

The African iGaming Alliance (AIA) has appointed Peter Emolemo Kesitilwe as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer, formalizing leadership at the newly created trade and standards body for the continent’s online gambling sector. Kesitilwe, formerly...

Lotus Resources raises $42m to support Malawi and Botswana uranium projects

Lotus Resources has completed a placement to raise approximately A$65m ($42m) to bolster working capital for its 85%-owned Kayelekera uranium project in Malawi and progress the development of the 100%-owned Letlhakane project in Botswana. The...

Migrant Battalion: How African governments collude with Russia to recruit young women into its arms industry

Young Africans recruited from at least fifteen African countries were promised good salaries and skills training, but once there, they were often trapped, facing dangerous working conditions, strict surveillance, and difficulties returning home....

Migrant Battalion: African govts complicit in Russian recruitment of young women into its arms industry

Late last year, the world was alerted to the disturbing news that Russia was recruiting hundreds of young African women, aged 18–22, to manufacture drones in a military-industrial compound 1,000 km east of Moscow, called the Alabuga Special...

Responsibility to modernise, industrialise lies with us — President

Debra Matabvu in MANZINI, Eswatini AFRICANS should harness partnerships and collaborations to drive industrialisation and modernisation, as well as foster socio-economic development across the region and continent, President Mnangagwa has said....