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Mining 19/05/2023

Tshisekedi inspired by Botswana's experience with HB Antwerp Free

The DRC president used his recent visit to Gaborone to renew his acquaintance with Belgian diamond entrepreneur Rafael Papismedov. He has invited him to Kinshasa to help revive the Congolese diamond sector.

Finance Energy 11/05/2023

Berlin provides €2m for green consulting

L'agence de développement allemande GIZ multiplie les financements de contrats de "consulting vert" à destination de pays d'Afrique australe. En avril, elle a débloqué quelque 2,2 millions d'euros pour des projets sur les terrains botswanais et surtout zambien.

Mining Commodity traders 08/05/2023

President Masisi stifles debate on diamond renegotiations

As the government edges closer to clinching a new agreement with diamond giant De Beers and puts the finishing touches on its partnership deal with Belgian trader HB Antwerp, Gaborone has tended to brush off any criticism by attributing it to the opposition behind former president Ian Khama.

Business 24/04/2023

Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

The Kenyan president has proposed that his country host the headquarters of the proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area, which, once three more states ratify a deal struck in 2015, will group 29 African countries.

Mining Commodity traders 19/04/2023

HB Antwerp diamond deal caught in political crossfire between Masisi and Ian Khama

Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana, in Gaborone, 7 February 2023. © Peter Klaunzer/EPA/MaxPPP

Energy 29/03/2023

TotalEnergies, Maurel & Prom and Perenco to attend African Energy Chamber forum

Africa's main oil lobby, run by lawyer NJ Ayuk, will organise its next Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris. The event is scheduled for 1 June.

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Mining Commodity traders 22/03/2023

Diamond trader HB Antwerp positions itself in Gaborone as alternative to De Beers

HB Antwerp is in talks with the state-owned Okavango Diamond Co over a diamond trade partnership, which the Belgian trader is hoping to show would be more profitable for the Botswana government than its arrangement with sector giant De Beers.

Defence 16/03/2023

Gaborone looks to procure Indian HAL fighter aircraft

The Botswana Defence Force is in talks with India's state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) with a view to acquiring several of its Tejas fighter planes.

Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh speaks to the media after flying aboard a Tejas fighter jet in September 2019.

SpotlightInfrastructure Mining 07/03/2023

Harare acts to get back on the lucrative Durban-Copperbelt freight route

The opening of the Kazungula Bridge, which connects Zambia to Botswana, has robbed Zimbabwe of its status as a key gateway between the port of Durban and the Copperbelt. Deprived of significant revenue, Harare is preparing its counter-attack with the help of a handful of bankers.

An aerial view of the newly built Kazungula bridge over the Zambezi river in Kazungula, Botswana, on 10 May 2021.

Energy 02/03/2023

Botswana Oil seeks US investors for coal liquefaction project

Botswana Oil has hired law firm DLA Piper to help it raise funds in the US to build a $2.5bn coal liquefaction plant.

Mining 22/02/2023

De Beers and Gaborone struggle to reach new diamond deal

Talks on Botswana's new deal with the global diamond giant have taken a tense turn after a leaked report accused De Beers of tax evasion. The two sides have until 30 June to hammer out an agreement to continue their long-standing partnership.

Botswana Minister of Mines Lefoko Moagi.

Finance Politics 31/01/2023

Gaborone plans to disclose all firms' UBOs by mid-2023 to fight graft

The Botswana Business Registry wants the data on companies' ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) to be available online by August. With this move, Gaborone wants to show it is willing to reform after the Financial Action Task Force removed the country from its grey list in 2021.

Commodity traders 19/01/2023

US vanilla importers battle for lower minimum price

The new US ambassador to Antananarivo has made herself the spokesperson in Madagascar for her country's vanilla importers, who view the obligatory minimum price for the spice as much too high and have boycotted the sector in protest.

Diplomacy 19/01/2023

Masisi picks ex-ICC judge to smooth relations with Pretoria

Bostwana's President Masisi has picked former ICC judge Sanji Monageng to become the next High Commissioner to South Africa in the hope she will smooth relations with Pretoria and help enforce the arrest warrant issued against his predecessor Ian Khama.

Business 10/01/2023

Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen frustrated in his Okavango tourism plans

The Botswanan authorities are seeking in the public interest to oblige the potential buyer of two luxury lodges to cede 30% of the shares to local operators.

Energy 23/12/2022

Canadian junior ReconAfrica falls from grace

After having risen to more than $9 in June 2021, the price of shares in the small Canadian company, which is active in Namibia and Botswana, has recently collapsed. It looks like the grace period it had been enjoying - to the great annoyance of its competitors - is finally over.

Mining 02/12/2022

Business barons join forces to invest in mining

Botswana business barons join forces to invest in mining

Commodity traders 01/12/2022

Lychee trade hit by corruption allegations

Madagascan lychee exporters have lodged a complaint against the local branch of Transparency International, which has accused them of corruption. The affair, in which France's Compagnie fruitière and the Belgian firm Greenyard are implicated, is being followed closely by Western embassies.

Mining 23/11/2022

Interest in Makgadikgadi lithium surges

Mining investors have been looking to Africa's largest salt flat, the Makgadikgadi Pan in north-eastern Botswana, for its untapped lithium potential. Gaborone has issued several exploration permits to newcomers in recent months.

Mining 15/11/2022

Ralph Muyamba shakes suspicions in Windhoek to start afresh in Gaborone

The former ministry of mines adviser at the heart of a corruption scandal in the Namibian government has created a mining exploration firm in Botswana. He set the business up with his brother, already an active mining investor in Namibia.

Diplomacy 03/11/2022

Bertolino Miranda Ferreira to take up military attaché duty in Maputo

After three years coordinating Portugal's contribution to combating the insurrection in Cabo Delgado, the navy commander Paulo Gonçalves da Silva is preparing to make way for the air force officer Bertolino Miranda Ferreira at Portugal's embassy in Mozambique.

Mining Diplomacy 31/10/2022

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Botswana Oil seeks US investors for coal liquefaction project

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Gaborone plans to disclose all firms' UBOs by mid-2023 to fight graft

US vanilla importers battle for lower minimum price

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Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen frustrated in his Okavango tourism plans

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Business barons join forces to invest in mining

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HB Antwerp diamond deal caught in political crossfire between Masisi and Ian Khama

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Diamond trader HB Antwerp positions itself in Gaborone as alternative to De Beers

Gaborone looks to procure Indian HAL fighter aircraft

Harare acts to get back on the lucrative Durban-Copperbelt freight route

Botswana Oil seeks US investors for coal liquefaction project

De Beers and Gaborone struggle to reach new diamond deal

Gaborone plans to disclose all firms' UBOs by mid-2023 to fight graft

US vanilla importers battle for lower minimum price

Masisi picks ex-ICC judge to smooth relations with Pretoria

Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen frustrated in his Okavango tourism plans

Canadian junior ReconAfrica falls from grace

Business barons join forces to invest in mining

Lychee trade hit by corruption allegations

Interest in Makgadikgadi lithium surges

Ralph Muyamba shakes suspicions in Windhoek to start afresh in Gaborone

Bertolino Miranda Ferreira to take up military attaché duty in Maputo

Kimberley Process set for stormy session in Gaborone

Brink family empire expands into banking sector

Kneipe Setlhare explores new mining avenues with Uranus Minerals

Portugal overhauls its Africa policy team

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