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Botswana
Gaborone in anti-money laundering task force's last chance saloon

Despite three years of cooperation with the Financial Action Task Force, Botswana looks like it is going to stay on the organisation's grey list. President Masisi has intervened personally to try to save the day. [...]

Published on 28.09.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Financial Action Task Force
Ian Khama
Isaac Kgosi
Mokgweetsi Masisi
Sadique Kebonang
Zein Kebonang

Botswana
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.

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Botswana
Khama-Masisi rift casts shadow of political instability over miners

Botswana, used to being a top performer, has plummeted in the Fraser Institute's annual ranking of countries attracting mining investment. One reason for this is investors' fear of an uncertain period to come after the 2024 general election.

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Botswana's president Ian Khama and his vice president Mokgweetsi Masisi in 2018, before the latter succeeded him as president.

Botswana
Gabarone ready to reveal companies' true owners in bid to please money-laundering watchdog

Botswana was removed from the Financial Action Task Force's notorious grey list by the skin of its teeth last October and is now seeking to implement reforms it promised to the global money-laundering watchdog. New laws are planned to force companies to make public the names of those who benefit from them.

Subscribers only Politics 24.01.2022

Botswana
Masisi engages in his trademark personal lobbying in Paris

During his first visit to Paris as president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi made a beeline for UNESCO, where he is lobbying for a seat on its executive board, and also for French businesses, whose presence in Botswana has been historically weak.

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Visiting Paris, Botswanan president Mokgweetsi Masisi met with French investors on 10 November 2021.

Botswana
Masisi ropes in new strategists to boost PR

Botswana's president Mokgweetsi Masisi is heading into a difficult mid-term period. To boost his popularity, the head of state's communications team are doubling their efforts using methods directly inspired by western democracies.

Subscribers only Politics 12.10.2021

Botswana's president Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi

Botswana
Gaborone hopes to cash in on uranium by wooing IAEA in Vienna

Botswana may have the largest uranium reserves in Africa, but many obstacles stand in the way of its ambition to produce yellowcake. The lack of an appropriate legal framework is one of them. The country's science minister used a visit to the IAEA to try to boost cooperation between his country and the organisation to get the country on the road to producing the prized ore.

Subscribers only Mining 23.09.2021

Botswana
Gaborone seeks to sparkle in diamond processing

The business of cutting and polishing diamonds is fiercely competitive. To gain a foothold, Botswana is beefing up the capacity of the parastatal Okavango Diamond Co, which wants to soon sell 'Made in Botswana' gems.

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2021

Southern Africa
Botswana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe put on best show to impress money-laundering watchdog

From 24 November to 4 December, the reputation of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mauritius will lie in the hands of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group, a body of the global money laundering watchdog FATF.

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Inner circles | Botswana
Farouk Ismail, Choppies founder and political philanthropist

One of Botswana's wealthiest tycoons, Farouk Ismail, frequently donates to the country's most high-profile charities. Founder of country's supermarket leader Choppies, which has stores across southern Africa, this charitable strategy is a way of making friends with Botswana's heads of state.

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Botswana Masisi engages in his trademark personal lobbying in Paris

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Botswana Gaborone seeks to sparkle in diamond processing

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Botswana
Gaborone in anti-money laundering task force's last chance saloon

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

Botswana
Khama-Masisi rift casts shadow of political instability over miners

Botswana
Gabarone ready to reveal companies' true owners in bid to please money-laundering watchdog

Botswana
Masisi engages in his trademark personal lobbying in Paris

Botswana
Masisi ropes in new strategists to boost PR

Botswana
Gaborone hopes to cash in on uranium by wooing IAEA in Vienna

Botswana
Gaborone seeks to sparkle in diamond processing

Southern Africa
Botswana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe put on best show to impress money-laundering watchdog

Inner circles | Botswana
Farouk Ismail, Choppies founder and political philanthropist