KYC Under Pressure: When Documentation Delays Become Customer Flight
Know-your-customer rules were written to keep bad money out of the financial system. They were not written for a customer whose documents are correct today and unrecoverable next week. That is the pressure now bearing on South African banks and fintechs: returnees and...
Wired for Power: SADC Energy Week Backs Interconnectors and Universal Access by 2030 in Victoria Falls
Southern Africa does not lack power potential; it lacks the wires, the rules and the reach to move what it generates to where it is needed. A region with world-class solar resource, large hydro endowments and growing gas finds still leaves a substantial share of its...
Deadline Extension Buys Time for Corporate Law Compliance
Intellectual - Intellectual Property & Brand · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · June 2026 A compliance deadline is a forcing function, and forcing functions only work if firms can actually meet them. CIPA conceded as much, extending the deadline for firms to file...
Platinum’s Record Run: Metal Clears US$2,100 an Ounce After All-Time High
For two decades platinum was the metal that the market quietly forgot. Gold drew the headlines, lithium drew the venture money, and platinum drifted as a by-product play priced off the diesel engine and the catalytic converter. That neglect has now reversed in...
BoFiNet Names Dr Gaone Seleka CEO to Drive Digital Infrastructure
Botswana has spent a decade talking about a digital economy while much of the heavy lifting still rests on a single state-owned wholesaler of fibre. That wholesaler, Botswana Fibre Networks, sits at the point where ambition meets cable: every bank app, every...
Social-commerce credibility
Research on trust concerns in digital payments turns brand reputation into a checkout issue. In social commerce, where the shop is also the feed, credibility is the conversion engine.
Mobile payments
New research on digital payment sentiment in Africa points to a simple operational truth: accept payment on every platform the customer already uses, or lose the sale at the last step.
Bui Dam: How Ghana Bought 400 MW on Commercial Terms From China
Ghana built the Bui hydropower dam to escape blackouts. Its US$292 million Chinese loan carried a 6.1 per cent rate and no grant element – a power-capacity story priced like a mortgage.
SADC transport and ICT integration — the lived regional economy for regional operators
A tourist planning a multi-country SADC itinerary — Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, then a transfrontier park spanning two or three borders, then a coastal stretch in another member state entirely — experiences regional integration as a series of very concrete questions:...
Budget-conscious branding
Botswana’s budget projects a rebound even as inflation pressures push shoppers toward value. For brands, the gap between the macro forecast and the household receipt is the whole story.
The Hall as Hard Asset: China’s Conference Centres and the Business Climate
A refurbished hall in Yaounde looks like a gift. Read as infrastructure, China’s conference-centre diplomacy is a quieter bet on Africa’s business environment.
E-commerce imports
World trade proved resilient, but the data warns digital sellers: a click is easy, the cross-border logistics behind it are not. For Botswana e-commerce, the parcel is the weak link.
SADC transport and ICT integration — farm-to-market implications — and what comes next
A smallholder farmer in one SADC member state deciding whether to plant for the domestic market or for regional export is, in effect, pricing three separate risks at once: the weather, the road, and the border. Meteorological forecasting tells her whether the rains...
SADC transport and ICT integration — regional demand and access for regional operators
A traveller crossing from Zimbabwe into a neighbouring SADC state still typically buys a new SIM card, negotiates a new roaming charge, and loses signal somewhere in the space between two networks. A small trader moving goods across the same border still often carries...
Retail stockpiling
Resilient world trade carried a quieter signal: traders are stockpiling against tariff and shipping risk. For a landlocked importer, the warehouse has become a hedge.
A Roof Counted Twice: China’s Africa Housing, Seen From the Household
Social housing rarely makes the China-Africa ledger. In Djibouti two parallel schemes show what the household-facing side of infrastructure actually delivers – and what it leaves uncounted.
Food-basket pressure
The world’s food bill is set in places Botswana cannot influence, yet it is paid in Gaborone kitchens. When global food and fertiliser costs climb, the household basket is the first casualty.
Small and Beautiful: China Recasts Africa Deals Around Airports and Grids
Beijing once measured its Africa ledger in mega-loans. The deals it signed with Chad and Senegal in 2024 are smaller, narrower and aimed at the everyday grid.
Fuel-price consumer squeeze
When oil markets convulse far from the Kalahari, the cost lands at the Gaborone pump and the Francistown till. The latest Middle East disruptions are a consumer story first.
Marketplace trust
African payment research shows users pick platforms on trust, privacy and utility – not features. For Botswana marketplaces, that finding is the whole business model.
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