Bomaid Deepens Partnerships with Healthcare Providers Across Disciplines

Building on the momentum of recent healthcare sector gatherings, including the Family Medicine and Primary Healthcare Conference at Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital and the Botswana Dental Association Congress in Kasane, Bomaid is reaffirming its commitment to strengthening partnerships with healthcare providers across disciplines. The Fund has been a proud sponsor of these events, as well as the 2nd Botswana Dietetic Association Symposium held under the theme Transforming Health Through Nutrition: Integrating Science, Wellness, and...

Botswana’s First Clinical Embryologist Pushes for IVF Services

Botswana has achieved a historic milestone in the field of reproductive health with the country’s first clinical embryologist, Ms. One Stephen, completing training under the Merck Foundation Fertility and Embryology Program in November 2023. Her achievement comes at a time when assisted reproductive services remain unavailable locally, forcing many couples to seek costly treatments abroad. Stephen says her motivation to join the program was the unavailability of human assisted reproduction services in Botswana. “As the...

BTC considers streamlining executive leadership in an effort to accelerate growth and innovation

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) today confirmed its intention to restructure the Group’s Executive Committee (EXCO) as part of its broader ambition to drive faster decision-making, enhance agility, and strengthen competitiveness in the digital services market. The Board is considering consolidating the current two-tier EXCO structure into a single, high-impact leadership team. This change is designed to improve responsiveness, accelerate product delivery, and position BTC to lead Botswana’s digital future. “This will mark the second...

Botswana Tech Summit a success

Botswana Tech Summit: In his speech His Honour The Minister of Finance and The Vice President of the Republic of Botswana said, “We are gathered here not just to talk about bits and bytes, but to anchor a national transformation around digital innovation, to build a Botswana where technology is not peripheral, but foundational to everything we do. Let me take a moment to applaud Thrive360 for creating this forward-thinking platform that brings together leaders...

Bravo Africa Launches on 7 October 2025: DStv Access Subscribers To Get Huge Line-up of Top Reality Content

Bravo, NBCUniversal’s global home of unscripted entertainment, to launch in Africa, replacing E! Africa Rebranded channel features even more Bravo content, the highly anticipated return of Dating #NoFilter South Africa and the exclusive territory premiere of The Real Housewives of London NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-To-Consumer announced that Bravo Africa will debut on 7 October, 2025, providing DStv subscribers with even more of the most iconic and talked-about reality programming. The channel will replace E!...

Progressive Institute Launches Botswana’s Top 100 CEOs – 2025

Botswana has taken a bold new step in elevating corporate leadership with the launch of its inaugural Top 100 CEOs initiative, a landmark program designed to spotlight the country’s most visionary executives. Spearheaded by the Progressive Institute, this first-of-its-kind project arrives as Botswana speeds toward its ambitious Vision 2036 goals — a blueprint to transform the nation from an upper-middle-income country into a high-income, diversified, and globally competitive economy. This initiative promises not only to...

BDC launches BWP 5 billion unity healthcare Botswana partnership fund to secure nation’s healthcare supplies and unlock public private partnership

Gaborone, Botswana. Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) today announced the establishment of the Unity Healthcare Botswana Partnership Fund I (UHBP I), a landmark BWP 5 billion initiative designed to address critical shortages of essential medicines and healthcare supplies across the country. The initiative follows the declaration of a state of emergency in the healthcare sector by The President of the Republic of Botswana, President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko earlier this morning. The fund, structured as an...

Absa Bank Botswana Celebrates 75 Years, Supports Agricultural Innovation

Absa Bank Botswana marked a monumental milestone in 2025, celebrating 75 years of unwavering service to the nation. The anniversary was not just a reflection on decades past but a powerful statement of continued commitment to the future, especially in the agricultural sector—a cornerstone of Botswana’s economy and heritage. The bank’s celebration was crowned by its prominent role at the National Agricultural Fair 2025, held under the theme “Enhancing Agricultural Productivity through Utilisation of Modern...