Significant events and shifts in geopolitics, global health, technology and climate change are transforming behaviours in the financial markets at an unprecedented pace. Investor confidence is challenged every day, and market trends are changing just as…
Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has released the results of the review of the 2021 sovereign credit rating for Botswana. Moody’s has downgraded the country’s sovereign credit rating for long-term bonds, denominated in…
The minister of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), Peggy Serame has implored the informal sector to work towards building their businesses into formal enterprises. Speaking at the launch of the Botswana National…
S&P Global Ratings has released an update of the sovereign credit rating for Botswana which showed that the country’s sovereign credit rating for long-term foreign and domestic currency bonds are affirmed at…
Deloitte Africa has announced the appointment of Cecilia Ramatlapeng to succeed Max Marinelli as the Country Managing Partner for its Botswana practice effective from 1 June 2020. Marinelli will continue to act…
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings has released an update of Botswana’s 2017 sovereign credit rating, which reaffirms the ratings of ‘A-’ and ‘A-2’ for long and short-term bonds denominated in domestic…
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Enrique Gelbard visited Gaborone from May 1-16 for discussions on the 2017 Article IV Consultation with Botswana. The discussions covered recent developments…
I am grateful for this opportunity to make some remarks on this occasion of the Botswana-France Business Forum this year. France is one of the key member states of the European Union…
Competition in the Botswana mobile market is expected to stiffen as operators focus on affordable data bundles and VAS to drive revenue, a new Country Intelligence Report by GlobalData has stated. However,…
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Rating Services has released Botswana’s 2017 sovereign credit rating. The country’s ratings of ‘A-’ for long-term bonds and ‘A-2’ for short-term bonds in domestic and foreign currency denominated…