The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) has formally transferred ownership of 15 automatic weather stations (AWS) to Botswana’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism. This significant handover, a key component of the WeNet project, took place earlier today. Concurrently, SASSCAL is facilitating a three-day training workshop for stakeholders involved in the WeMAST Project Phase 2, designed to reinforce and expand the regional community of practice. At the event,...

Sports piracy: The human cost of free content streaming The Big Game is imminent. You were planning to watch it at your local restaurant, but you’ve left the planning too late. Now, kick-off approaches, and you don’t want to miss the match. You send a quick text to a friend: “What was the name of that pirate site you used?” They send the address, and you log on. After closing half a dozen pop-up ads...

Hollard Life Botswana’s Karabo funeral plan received international recognition at the 2025 Tokio Marine Group Awards. The funeral plan was recognised for its role in extending financial inclusion to underserved populations. The award, which celebrates innovation and impact across global insurance markets, is seen as a significant endorsement of the Karabo plan’s contribution to financial inclusion in Botswana. Developed in partnership with Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) and its mobile money platform Smega, the Karabo Funeral...

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 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...