Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to pick up to 2.6% in 2017 from 1.4% in 2016, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa report.…
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Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings has released an update of Botswana’s 2017 sovereign credit rating, which reaffirms the ratings of ‘A-’ and ‘A-2’ for long and short-term bonds denominated in domestic…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has developed a new initiative called the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative – a knowledge and innovation-based response to the recognized need of scaling up…
October is an exciting month for Lionesses of Africa as it officially launches in Gaborone, Botswana, with the first Lioness Lean In Breakfast event. The engagement, held on the morning of 20…
The Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Vincent Seretse has appointed Tebelelo Pule as the new CEO of the Competition Authority (CA). Pule has been the Acting CEO of the CA ever…
The Coca-Cola Company and Anheuser-Busch InBev have announced that they have completed the transition of AB InBev’s majority interest in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA). CCBA, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Africa, was…
Afinitas Limited, the Botswana-based pan African investment holding company said its topline grew in the last six months on the back of impressive performance from Africa Financial Services Investment Conference (AFSIC) in London.…
Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Limited (SCBB) has appointed Mpho Calvin Masupe as Chief Executive Officer of the listed bank from October 01, 2017. Masupe is currently the Acting Chief Executive Officer since…
The Bank of Botswana (BoB) has urged consumers to be on guard and vigilant with respect to the mushrooming of illegal deposit taking activities in the form of pyramid schemes. The Central…
The BIHL Group says Bilkiss Moorad, the chief executive officer of its subsidiary Botswana Life Insurance Limited will be leaving the group to pursue other interests. She has been at the helm of…