Minister of Youth and Gender Affairs Honourable Lesego Chombo has notched a significant win with the passage of the National Research and Innovation Council Bill, giving young Batswana a permanent seat at the tables that shape their future. The newly passed legislation establishes an apex body to oversee and coordinate the country’s research and innovation ecosystem. Working alongside the Botswana Innovation Hub, the Council is designed to support innovation prototyping and commercialisation of youth-led ventures,...

Vivo Energy Botswana has expanded its national retail network with the opening of the new Shell Tlokweng service station, strengthening the company’s strategy of combining quality Shell fuels and lubricants with convenience retail offerings to better serve motorists and surrounding communities across Botswana. Vivo Energy Botswana Managing Director, Sesupo Wagamang, said the investment demonstrates the company’s commitment to expanding access to trusted fuel products while enhancing the overall customer experience through complementary retail and food...

A recent study by Professor Emmanuel Botlhale of Rwanda’s African School of Governance has found that Botswana’s social security system is being heavily burdened by the ‘rich poor,’ who are exploiting inherent flaws in the system.

President Adv. Duma Boko’s Special Envoy, Dr. Farzam Kamalabadi, has presented a range of commercial opportunities worth P10,882,472,000 in Botswana’s power sector to American and Gulf markets.