Business

The buoyant Chief Executive Officer of The Bulb World, Ketshaphaone Jacob talks with passion about youth empowerment – declaring ‘our workforce is 100% youth’. The three-year-old company has just notched...

2021/22 budget depicts a battered economyCalls for resilient economy to absorb shocksMinister Matsheka fears for worst in future BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw The Managing Partner at Grant Thornton Botswana Kalyanaraman Vijay...

New CEO Kgoboko takes full chargeUnleashes his roadmap, key prioritiesBPC Board hopeful for a turnaroundMASA 2020 project to end March 2021 BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw In spite of the troubles that...

Fall attributed to Orapa operational hiccupsDiamond production in Botswana 28% downPositive demand for rough diamonds in 2021 BAKANG TIRO editors@thepatriot.co.bw The Anglo American says the rough diamond production at De...

Botswana’s most trusted medical aid provider Bomaid has introduced Happy Student, an extended medical aid cover at no extra cost. This product is specifically aimed at members that have dependents...

In an effort to build a conducive and self-sustaining entrepreneurship eco-system, Stanbic Bank Botswana AcceleR8 Incubator in partnership with Angel Network Botswana will host a virtual Angel Investment Workshop on...

Botswana’s Balance of Payments (BoP) amounts to P21.1 billion defict as of September 2020, a Bank of Botswana Report has shown. The report shows a gloomy picture on already limping government coffers...

The central bank, Bank of Botswana (BoB), has disclosed in its annual December 2020 Household Indebtedness Survey that the total household debt amounted to P50.7 billion as of December 2019. BoB survey has...

Home-grown grown diversified retail giant Sefalana Group saw its revenues hit P5.8 billion in 2020, defying the Covid-19 pandemic which strained the economy.  Sefalana revenue 10% up The group revealed...

Effective regulatory reform has made Botswana’s telecom market one of the most liberalised in the region. There is a service-neutral licensing regime adapted to the convergence of technologies and services, and several...