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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.

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 Company 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

Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh speaks to the media after flying aboard a Tejas fighter jet in September 2019. © Jagadeesh NV/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Infrastructure Mining 07/03/2023

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

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

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

Botswana Minister of Mines Lefoko Moagi. © Stéphanie Lecocq/EPA/MaxPPP

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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

Kimberley Process set for stormy session in Gaborone

The upcoming Kimberley Process plenary session is set to be dominated by the question of whether Russian precious stones should now be classed as "conflict diamonds", and by Botswana's bid to host the organisation's future permanent secretariat.

Finance 21/10/2022

Brink family empire expands into banking sector

The tycoon Derek Brink and his family have firmly established themselves in yet another key sector of the Botswanan economy with their entry into the exclusive club of commercial banks.

Mining 13/10/2022

Kneipe Setlhare explores new mining avenues with Uranus Minerals

Botswana businessman Kneipe Setlhare's registration of a new company, Uranus Minerals, on 27 September in Gaborone, has been raising questions about what he plans to do next.

Politics 22/09/2022

Portugal overhauls its Africa policy team

The Portuguese foreign ministry has decided to overhaul its entire Africa department just months after its first change of boss since 2015.

Business 20/09/2022

Danish billionaire Povlsen buys luxury game reserve from Microsoft co-founder family

Fast fashion mogul and Denmark's richest man Anders Povlsen is set to acquire a luxury game reserve and lodges in Botswana's Okavango Delta, previously owned by the late US billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

Abu Camp and its prestigious lodges were managed and marketed by Botswana's leading luxury safari company, Wilderness Safaris.

Diplomacy 16/09/2022

Mnangagwa befriends Masisi after falling out with ANC

The president, who has been on the receiving end of recent tensions between Zimbabwe and South Africa, has bent over backwards to put on a brave face for ZANU-PF leaders in Harare. A rapprochement between Harare and Botswana in the face of a South African feud that is likely to endure.

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi (left) and his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2018.

Commodity traders 14/09/2022

Ex-Botswana Rail boss, Len Makwinja, embarks on coal trading

Leonard "Len" Makwinja, an experienced entrepreneur in mining and logistics in Gaborone, is moving into coal trading: South African and global demand is seeing strong growth and there are several projects underway to upgrade railway connections to South Africa.

Politics 08/09/2022

Molefhi leads dissent in Masisi's Botswana Democratic Party

His allies emerged victorious from the BDP's national congress, but President Masisi is nevertheless facing an increasingly coherent opposition within the ruling party, embodied by Nonofo Molefhi.

Former Botswana infrastructure minister Nonofo Molefhi.

Commodity traders 05/09/2022

How Rosy Blue bought its first diamond cutting facility in Botswana

After more than two decades of trying, the Indian-based diamond producer Rosy Blue has at last managed to secure a diamond cutting facility in Botswana.

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

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

Danish billionaire Povlsen buys luxury game reserve from Microsoft co-founder family

Mnangagwa befriends Masisi after falling out with ANC

Ex-Botswana Rail boss, Len Makwinja, embarks on coal trading

Molefhi leads dissent in Masisi's Botswana Democratic Party

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

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

Danish billionaire Povlsen buys luxury game reserve from Microsoft co-founder family

Mnangagwa befriends Masisi after falling out with ANC

Ex-Botswana Rail boss, Len Makwinja, embarks on coal trading

Molefhi leads dissent in Masisi's Botswana Democratic Party

How Rosy Blue bought its first diamond cutting facility in Botswana

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