ICT Roadmap 2030: 100,000 Jobs and Digital-First Services
Botswana built its prosperity on what came out of the ground. The next chapter depends on something that does not: the ability to move data, build software and deliver services digitally in an economy still defined by diamonds. The contradiction is sharp — a country...
ICT Roadmap 2030: 100,000 Jobs and Digital-First Services
Botswana built its prosperity on what came out of the ground. The next chapter depends on something that does not: the ability to move data, build software and deliver services digitally in an economy still defined by diamonds. The contradiction is sharp — a country...
Child-Support Grant Launches as Kgatleng Preps Road Projects
A social grant is only as good as the system that delivers it. The promise of support means little if the money arrives late, lands in the wrong hands, or cannot be reconciled against a verifiable register. That tension — between the intent of a welfare programme and...
KAGO Scholarship Funds Construction Training for Unemployed Workers
Botswana does not lack construction sites; it lacks enough hands trained to work them. Buildings rise across Gaborone, Francistown and the regional centres, yet the supply of certified tradespeople — bricklayers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters — runs persistently...
Miiroo Magazine Launches to Cover West Africa and the Sahel of Africa
West Africa’s Atlantic coast and the Sahel now have a business magazine of their own. Miiroo Magazine covers eight countries - Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, the Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - reporting the real economy of a region home to more...
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ICT Roadmap 2030: 100,000 Jobs and Digital-First Services
Botswana’s ICT Roadmap 2030 targets 100,000 ICT jobs, a Tier III data centre, Digital Services and Cyber Security Acts, and the BOTSAT-1 satellite.
Child-Support Grant Launches as Kgatleng Preps Road Projects
Kgatleng registered 349 child-support beneficiaries paid via the Social Benefits Payment and Reconciliation System from April 2026, as the district preps roads.
KAGO Scholarship Funds Construction Training for Unemployed Workers
The KAGO Scholarship awarded over P250,000 to train ten students in building and construction trades in Botswana, targeting a stubborn skills shortage.
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Miiroo Magazine Launches to Cover West Africa and the Sahel of Africa
West Africa’s Atlantic coast and the Sahel now have a business magazine of their own. Miiroo Magazine covers eight countries - Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, the Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - reporting the real economy of a region home to more...
Cabanga TV is live: watch the Botswana farmer who now supplies Shoprite and KFC
Choppies, the Botswana Development Corporation, the future of Botswana beef and Lesotho's leading entrepreneur are among the stories now free to watch. GABORONE, 17 October 2026 - Tshireletso Seoromeng started with a backyard operation. Today she supplies Shoprite and...
Botswana to Open Moscow Embassy, Woos Russian Investors for Rare Earths
Small economies cannot afford a single buyer for what they sell or a single partner for the capital they need. The diamond slump has made that lesson concrete, and it explains a diplomatic move that would otherwise read as merely symbolic. On 4 January 2026, Foreign...
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ICT Roadmap 2030: 100,000 Jobs and Digital-First Services
Botswana built its prosperity on what came out of the ground. The next chapter depends on something that does not: the ability to move data, build software and deliver services digitally in an economy still defined by diamonds. The contradiction is sharp — a country...
Child-Support Grant Launches as Kgatleng Preps Road Projects
A social grant is only as good as the system that delivers it. The promise of support means little if the money arrives late, lands in the wrong hands, or cannot be reconciled against a verifiable register. That tension — between the intent of a welfare programme and...
KAGO Scholarship Funds Construction Training for Unemployed Workers
Botswana does not lack construction sites; it lacks enough hands trained to work them. Buildings rise across Gaborone, Francistown and the regional centres, yet the supply of certified tradespeople — bricklayers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters — runs persistently...
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Masunga Sports Complex Opens; Council Eyes Solar and Fee Review
A new sports complex is easy to open and hard to sustain. The ribbon-cutting draws a crowd; the running costs arrive quietly every month thereafter. At end-March 2026 Masunga, in the north-east, faced exactly that test as its sports complex opened for public use — and...
The Four Phases of an Event Clean
An event is a cleaning job with a deadline that will not move. A conference at the Gaborone International Convention Centre seats delegates whether or not the hall was reset in time; a wedding party arrives at the hour on the invitation; a festival crowd comes back...
The Cleaning Work Behind an Event
Every event a guest remembers, the conference that ran to time, the wedding that felt effortless, rests on hours of work that same guest is meant never to see. A great deal of that hidden work is cleaning: the venue readied before the first arrival, and the far harder...
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Miiroo Magazine Launches to Cover West Africa and the Sahel of Africa
West Africa’s Atlantic coast and the Sahel now have a business magazine of their own. Miiroo Magazine covers eight countries - Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, the Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - reporting the real economy of a region home to more...
Cabanga TV is live: watch the Botswana farmer who now supplies Shoprite and KFC
Choppies, the Botswana Development Corporation, the future of Botswana beef and Lesotho's leading entrepreneur are among the stories now free to watch. GABORONE, 17 October 2026 - Tshireletso Seoromeng started with a backyard operation. Today she supplies Shoprite and...
Botswana to Open Moscow Embassy, Woos Russian Investors for Rare Earths
Botswana flags a Moscow embassy and invites Russian investment in rare earths and diamonds — a bid to widen partners and its resource base amid the diamond
Five Things a Cleaning Supplier Must Make Clear to Buyers
Visibility only pays off when a buyer can understand the offer without a phone call. Five things a Botswana cleaning supplier should make unmistakable turn a listing into an order.
Botswana’s Diamond Stockpile Doubles as Prices Slump
Botswana’s diamond stockpile has swelled to about 12 million carats — nearly double the permissible level — as a gem-price slump constrains output and revenue.
MUSIKA launches a Procurement Desk for Botswana Businesses
Buyers can request South African goods through a managed sourcing, quotation and delivery process. Musika launches today for Botswana businesses procuring goods from South Africa. Retailers, contractors, farmers and institutions can select catalogue products or submit...
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ICT Roadmap 2030: 100,000 Jobs and Digital-First Services
Botswana’s ICT Roadmap 2030 targets 100,000 ICT jobs, a Tier III data centre, Digital Services and Cyber Security Acts, and the BOTSAT-1 satellite.
Government Grants One-Week Grace for Expired Vehicle Licences
President Boko ordered a one-week penalty moratorium on expired vehicle licences after slow road-transport online systems over the Easter peak in Botswana.
Wimpy and Vida e Caffè: The Two Women I Love Equally, and My Daily Torment of Choosing One
A Confession of a Man Madly in Love With Two Women, Oops, Brands (A Brand Review) - I have a confession to make, and I make it in public because a man of my standing cannot be caught sneaking. I am in love with two women. Not one and a half. Not one, plus a weakness....
Cabanga TV is live: watch the Botswana farmer who now supplies Shoprite and KFC
Choppies, the Botswana Development Corporation, the future of Botswana beef and Lesotho's leading entrepreneur are among the stories now free to watch. GABORONE, 17 October 2026 - Tshireletso Seoromeng started with a backyard operation. Today she supplies Shoprite and...
How a Cleaning Job Should End Belongs in the Contract
Every cleaning arrangement ends, and a bad ending is where money and dignity are lost. Botswana’s new labour Act now regulates it – so agree notice, final pay and references at the start.
The Four Supply Categories Every Cleaning Operation Should Master
Most cleaning operations run short of the wrong thing because all their supplies go on one list. Sorting them into four categories – chemicals, equipment, consumables, protection – is most of good procurement.