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Gov’t travel cuts cost Air Botswana
MMEGI
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August 15, 2025
This was revealed in parliament by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Noah Salakae when responding to a question raised by Member of Parliament (MP) Oscar Mapulanga. Mapulanga had asked why Air Botswana is failing to be profitable. “The...
Zambian Bishop Urges Pan-African Renewal Through Youth and Education
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Reverend Trevor Mwamba, Anglican Bishop and president of Zambia’s liberation party UNIP, has challenged Africa to reinvent Pan-Africanism for a skeptical young generation. Speaking on Ghana’s Asaase Breakfast Show, Mwamba warned that traditional...
Nigeria's Mining Sector: A Magnet for Questionable International Operators and Domestic Chaos By Steven Kefas
Sahara Reporters
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Nigeria sits atop an estimated $750 billion worth of mineral reserves scattered across its 36 states, representing one of Africa's most promising mining frontiers. With the government's ambitious drive to diversify the economy beyond oil...
First Mutual eyes Botswana health business
Zimbabwe Independent
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The group has invested over US$450 000 in the Botswana venture, with key personnel already in place. FIRST Mutual Holdings Limited (FMHL) is targeting rapid growth for its newly-launched health insurance unit in Botswana, seeking to replicate the...
Is Botswana–De Beers Rift Widening?
Botswana Gazette
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August 14, 2025
While the government’s push to offload stockpiled gems is aimed at shoring up the public fiscus, it risks straining relations with De Beers further GAZETTE REPORTER Economists at local think tank, Econsult have pointed to growing tensions between...
Botswana growth to stay flat - Econsult
MMEGI
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August 13, 2025
In their latest economic review, economists at Econsult forecast that gross domestic product growth for the year will fall within a range of -1% to 0%, meaning either a marginal contraction or, at best, stagnant output. While this would represent...
Namibia to host Women's T20 ICC World Cup Africa qualifier
Xinhua News Agency
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WINDHOEK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Namibia will host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 in the capital, Windhoek, Cricket Namibia announced Monday. The qualifiers will feature eight...
Türkiye-Botswana ties based on 'mutual respect and win-win principle': Turkish foreign minister
Yeni Safak
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August 14, 2025
Türkiye’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the country has made significant progress in its relations with the African continent “on the basis of mutual respect and the win-win principle." Hakan Fidan made the remarks at a joint news...
African Youth Lag Behind In Political, Civic Participation – Afrobarometer
Daily Guide
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August 14, 2025
African youth African youth are trailing behind their elders in political and civic participation, a new Afrobarometer flagship report has revealed. The largest generational disparity is in voting, where the youth trail their elders by a striking...
The expose king
The Voice
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August 14, 2025
Love him, loathe him or fear him, you simply can’t ignore the expose king that is: Daniel Kenosi. Blessed with a journalist’s nose for news and backed by a small army of well-placed sources, the 35-year-old can sniff out corruption in even the...
Reconciling Zimbabwe’s Royalty Valuation Regime: Toward Legal Clarity and Institutional Coherence in Mineral Taxation
Mining Zimbabwe
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August 14, 2025
Prepared by: ENM Advisory Group Executive Summary The mining industry, which accounts for about 12% of Zimbabwe’s GDP, is currently mired in a protracted administrative stalemate with far-reaching consequences. This is resulting from fundamental...
Toward Legal Clarity and Institutional Coherence in Mineral Taxation
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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August 14, 2025
Prepared by: ENM Advisory Group Executive Summary The mining industry, which accounts for about 12% of Zimbabwe’s GDP, is currently mired in a protracted administrative stalemate with far-reaching consequences. This is resulting from fundamental...
Imperatives of strategic reforms in Nigeria’s quest for sustainable economic development (5)
New National Star
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August 18, 2025
PROF MIKE OZEKHOME introduction The last part of this treatise recommended a range of measures for resettling the agenda of our economic transformation such as project financing, diversification and public-private partnership. This week’s episode...
Should Botswana buy a bigger stake in De Beers?
MMEGI
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August 14, 2025
A bigger stake in De Beers would fulfil Botswana’s dream of controlling the diamond industry from mine to market and the company’s valuation is possibly at its cheapest ever. However, a larger stake also means shouldering more for projects such as...
Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...
Türkiye-Botswana ties based on 'mutual respect': Fidan
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Türkiye's foreign minister said Wednesday that the country has made significant progress in its relations with the African continent “on the basis of mutual respect and the win-win principle." Hakan Fidan made the remarks at a joint news...
Botswana–Zambia Relations: Typically African
Botswana Gazette
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August 11, 2025
Herein lies the larger African story: an entire continent full of bilateral relations that are cordial but not catalytic, symbolic but not systemic DR DOUGLAS RASBASH Special Correspondent In early August 2025, Presidents Duma Boko of Botswana and...
BOTSWANA TARGETS GENDER GAPS IN EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Gabz FM
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August 11, 2025
Article by: Phenyo Babusi Building on Botswana’s ongoing gender equality efforts, the World Bank report from March 2025 highlights critical trends and opportunities to close wage and productivity gaps in entrepreneurship and employment. The report...
NNN pushes for regional food security
New Era
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ANTANANARIVO – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, in her first address to the 45th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit as Namibia’s Head of State, has called for greater cooperation and urgency to ensure food security is not just a...
Minister can’t guarantee that murderers or rapists will spend any time in prison under ‘deport now, appeal later’ scheme
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...