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Embrace internship programme
2011-09-13 -

 GABORONE - Graduates have been urged to embrace the national internship programme under the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs.

Addressing graduates du...

Vantage mezz fund gets $25m from AfDB
2011-07-18 -

South Africa-based private equity investor Vantage Capital has received a $25million commitment to its Vantage Capital Fund II (VCF II) from the African De...

AfDB Approves USD 25 Million Investment Support to African Businesses
2011-07-15 -

 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 25-million equity investment in Vantage Capital Fund II (VCF II). This se...

Botswana IFSC regulatory framework now available on the website
2011-07-12 -

Botswana operates a sound legal and regulatory environment informed by compliance to international standards and best practice. Botswana has acceded to international conventions a...

Botswana IFSC will hold the 8th annual Career Fair on the 9th September 2011 at Fairgrounds Boipuso
2011-06-28 -

About 50 exhibitors and 1000 graduates are expected to take part at this year’s fair as compared t about 600 graduates in 2010. This will bear testimony to the demand and growth o...

Botswana economy grows 7.2%
2011-04-01 -

Botswana's economy grew by 7,2 per cent in 2010 after shrinking 4,9 per cent the year before, data from the Central Statistics Office showed.BancABC 2010 Group Results Please In Watershed Year

2011-03-15 -

BancABC, the Banking Group with operations in Botswana,Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, today announced strong full year audited results for the year ended December ...

Botswana, Zambia sign customs agreement
2011-02-24 -

Botswana and Zambia have signed a bilateral agreement on customs administration meant to facilitate fast clearance and movement of goods between the two countries.

Securities legislation underway

2010-10-22 -

GABORONE - Government is drafting a securities legislation that will replace the existing Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) Act in order to rationalise the regulatory structures gover...

Private Equity and finance experts meet to discuss ways of boosting investment in Southern Africa
2010-10-20 -

Institutional investors from several Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries will be meeting in Gaborone, from October 19 to 20, 2010, with the objective to discus...

Private Equity experts meet in Gaborone
2010-10-15 -

Institutional investors from several Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries will be meeting in Gaborone, Botswana next week to discuss opportunities for inv...

IFSC has helped match demands with right skills
2010-07-26 -

Botswana International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), whose mandate is to establish and develop Botswana as a globally competitive financial and business service centre, ha...

Bashi Gaetsaloe, passionate about interns
2010-07-22 -

When Bashi Gaetsaloe talks about interns his face glows with passion. He is a strong supporter of giving young graduates opportunity.

Botswana ranked most peaceful country in Africa
2010-06-13 -

Botswana has been ranked Africa’s most peaceful country in the Global Peace Index (GPI) for 2010. According to the Global Peace Index (GPI), released this week, Botswana is Afric...

IMF predicts rosy outlook for Botswana
2010-04-30 -

Botswana is among select Sub-Saharan economies expected to expand by more than five percent this year and beyond on the back of rapidly normalising commodity prices and global tra...

New Botswana brand launched
2010-04-25 - The New Botswana Brand has been launched following a request in 2009 that the nation's brand be re-examined as it was thought not to speak of the aspirations of Batswana.
Botswana scores a double
2010-04-22 -

WINDHOEK - Botswana this week signed two double taxation avoidance agreements with Lesotho and Swaziland respectively in Namibia.

The agreements will sp...

Botswana eases trade investment
2010-04-22 -

WINDHOEK - Botswana has been robust in its approach to ease trade investment in the country.

So far the country has concluded 10 Double Taxation Avoidan...

Botswana 2010 business confidence up - c.bank poll
2010-01-05 -

The central bank polled 100 businesses across sectors between September and November in 2009.

The bank said businesses revised their inflation expecta...

Diversification major government objective
2009-12-15 -

GABORONE - Diversification is a major objective for government, the Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Mr Charles Tibone, has said.

Youthful Corporate High Flyers Impress Minister

2009-12-14 -

The Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Charles Tibone has said he is impressed with the rising number of youth in high p...

IFSC moves on ancillary businesses to support Diamond Hub
2009-11-26 -

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