South African farmers are urging for Namibia and Botswana to reopen their borders to allow the importation of fruits and vegetables. The two countries have
Business Botswana president Gobusamang Keebine says both Botswana and South Africa’s governments need to reduce red-tape and bureaucratic processes to allow for greater trade and
James Sekonya has spent more than six years studying moping worms but he has still never tasted the edible caterpillars. Sekonya, of the University of Cape
As Botswana embarks on an economic transformation plan to help the country rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic, special economic zones (SEZs) are emerging as a
The Government of Botswana, through the Ministry of Investment Trade and Industry (MITI) and the USAID Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub (USAID Trade Hub),
The Botswanan government is optimistic that citrus volumes from local farms will rise significantly by 2024, due to the continued growth in the number of
The recent establishment of the Ministry of Entrepreneurship has been welcomed with open arms by some entrepreneurs, who believe that it is long overdue. However,
There is a saying that gender inequality affects everyone. This is true. And any society that denies women the opportunity to work is simply laying
Botswana’s agriculture and agro-processing sector is rife with opportunities for investors and entrepreneurs, according to the speakers at the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre’s webinar
‘Registering as an Exporter – Botswana’ provides an overview of the exporter registration process in Botswana, including who must register as an exporter, what the
Five Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States, namely Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi are voluntarily participating in the Corridor Trip Monitoring System (CTMS)
The UK’s Office for National Statistics publishes the country’s economic and trade data. A small selection is provided below – allowing users to obtain an
The Selebi-Phikwe Citrus Project, which kicked off with the planting of about 70,000 citrus trees, is on track to meet its target. The produce from
Exports markets for small livestock meat are on the rise in Botswana motivating farmers to venture into -subsector, Lorato Morapedi, the chief executive of National
Every time an aeroplane streaked the sky over Kgomotso Phatsima’s village in rural Botswana, she would pause, look up and vow she too would fly
