The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in conjunction with the European Union signed has signed three Development Cooperation Programmes amounting to a total of €47 Million for a period…
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Botswana’s largest grocer Choppies says its chairman and former president of the country Festus Mogae will leave the group while the company also revealed its plants to move out of South Africa.…
Bryte Risk Services Botswana (“Bryte”), the proactive personal and business risk specialist, has entered into a partnership that will result in its enhanced presence in the short term insurance space. This follows…
PepsiCo, Inc. says it has entered into an agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Pioneer Foods Group Ltd. for R110.00 per share in cash (approximately US $1.7 billion), which represents a…
First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) has been named the best Bank in Botswana at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence. This is the third consecutive win for the Bank and was announced…
The concept of metshelo remains a culturally relevant vehicle for savings and investment, according to Stanbic Bank Botswana. The Bank recently launched the Matshelo Savings Account promotion, bringing a solution to market which draws…
The call for entries for the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) will be closing on 30 June. That allows less than 10 days for African entrepreneurs to submit their businesses for the…
African and non-regional donors on Tuesday pledged $17 million to replenish the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund, an initiative which aims to provide food security and eliminate rural poverty on the continent. The…
In a pressing endeavour to advance economic growth in developing nations, governments are harnessing strategies focused on the economic empowerment of its women. Studies reveal that when women are economically enabled, countries observe…
Botswana Building Society (BBS) has delayed the release of its year end results on the back of delays that came with the demutualisation exercise. According to the mortgage bank, the results for…