Also known as: BSE · BSE-listed
Botswana Stock Exchange — capital market venue hosting domestic and foreign-listed companies, pursuing regional expansion and listings including Dangote IPO.
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The Botswana Gazette
Anglo American’s likely departure from the Botswana Stock Exchange could expose the true scale of the domestic market while intensifying pressure on pension funds required to invest more of their assets locally. …
AFTER ANGLO DIVESTS DEBEERS IT LEAVES THE BSE?The Botswana Gazette
Botswana Stock Exchange-listed Far Property Limited is pursuing two separate acquisitions of immovable properties at Farm Forest Hill No.9-KO, in deals involving Merlin Integer and The 868 On Kgale Trust, as the Competition and Consumer Authority reviews the proposed transactions …
Ram-Led Far Property Eyes Forest HillThe Botswana Gazette
Eco-tourism group enters 2027 financial year with P92 million in customer advances and stronger demand signals GAZETTE REPORTER Botswana’s leading BSE-listed eco-tourism group, Chobe Holdings, says it is entering the 2027 financial year with momentum, supported by a robust sales …
Chobe Holdings Builds MomentumWeekend Post
… The group’s market capitalization stood at P4 billion as of April 26, 2026, making Sefalana the largest retail and wholesale company listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange. …
Sefalana achieves record sales amid economic strainDaily News Botswana
… Mr Gaolathe also called for stronger collaboration among government, banks, development finance institutions, universities, venture capital funds and the Botswana Stock Exchange to strengthen the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. …
VP urges investors to bet on startupsThe Botswana Gazette
… GAZETTE REPORTER The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) maintained total market capitalisation above P1 trillion during the first six months of 2026, even as trading activity slowed sharply from the exceptionally high levels recorded in 2025. …
BSE Holds Trillion-Pula MarkWeekend Post
Shumba Energy Limited, a company listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, has officially begun construction on a major solar power plant poised to supply electricity domestically and export energy across Southern Africa. …
Botswana’s new solar project targets export marketsWeekend Post
The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), a government-owned regulator, has announced an improved financial performance for the year 2025, recording revenues of P78.8 million and a profit after tax of P20.6 million. …
BSE reports profit growth to P20.6 MillionWeekend Post
… The summit also highlighted the expanding role of the Botswana Stock Exchange in democratizing access to diamond wealth through innovative financial instruments. …
Diamonds face new challenges in the AI EraBotswana Sunday Standard
Sunday Standard BBS Bank shareholders to decide on BSE main board listing BBS Bank shareholders will next month decide whether to back a proposal that could pave the way for the lender’s migration to the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) Main Board and a capital raising programme aim …
BBS Bank shareholders to decide on BSE main board listingBBS Bank's loss widened from P17 million in the six months ended June 2025 to P71.5 million during the same period in 2026, partly driven by investment costs for digitalization, automation, and expanding its services. The bank's total assets declined 6.91% to P5.215 billion as management focused on balance-sheet optimization.
12 October 2026 · Weekend Post →
BBS Bank's loss widened from P17 million in the six months ended June 2025 to P71.5 million during the same period in 2026, partly driven by investment costs for digitalization, automation, and expanding its services. The bank's total assets declined 6.91% to P5.215 billion as management focused on balance-sheet optimization.
12 October 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Dangote group plans to use IPO proceeds to expand into energy and other opportunities, including a pipeline through Botswana. Local pension funds holding more than P176 billion have signalled strong interest in accessing the IPO.
12 October 2026 · Mmegi →
Tsametse Mmolai, Head of Listings & Trading at the Botswana Stock Exchange, describes how discipline, mentorship, and developmental regulation are positioning the BSE as a capital-raising hub. He emphasises balancing market integrity with innovation, working closely with regulator NBFIRA to allow innovation to lead regulation.
8 October 2026 · Weekend Post →
A proposed regional structure could make the Botswana Stock Exchange the central Southern African trading venue for a Dangote refinery instrument, testing Botswana's capital-market ambitions.
7 October 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
A partnership between Botswana Stock Exchange-listed Chobe Holdings and University of Botswana Tourism and Hospitality students brought third-year students together with Chobe Game Lodge and Lesoma village residents to refurbish the community's Kgotla wall on September 16, with students donating paint and labour.
2 October 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The Far Property Company Limited reported a 21% increase in profit before income tax to P188.9 million for the year ended 30 June 2026, with revenue rising 8% and operating profit advancing 9%, reflecting broad-based growth across its portfolio spanning four countries.
28 September 2026 · Weekend Post →
Kwa Nokeng Oil Holdings is preparing to list on the Botswana Stock Exchange on November 10, potentially becoming the second fuel marketing company on the bourse after Engen Botswana. The company plans to list 2.8 billion shares at P1 each, with existing shareholders Clinton Jansen Van Vuuren and South Africa's Chroma Capital selling 49 percent of the company for up to P1.372 billion.
21 September 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The Botswana Stock Exchange's total market capitalisation reached 1.1 trillion pula in August, a 64.6 percent increase from the same period in 2025, driven largely by a 46.2 percent surge in foreign-listed companies. Domestic companies gained only 1.9 percent, while foreign companies' market capitalisation swelled from 564 billion pula to 954 billion pula.
21 September 2026 · Weekend Post →
The High Court of Botswana has concluded the legal dispute between Choppies co-owners Ramachandran and Farouk and PricewaterhouseCoopers, with plaintiffs withdrawing their claims. The court ordered PwC to pay the plaintiffs' costs related to three previous court orders from November 2021, April 2023, and April 2025.
14 September 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Botswana Stock Exchange is positioning itself as a regional capital-raising hub by pitching for a secondary listing of Dangote's $20 billion refinery, leveraging Botswana's macroeconomic stability, regulatory framework, and institutional liquidity to attract Southern African institutional capital.
14 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
The Competition and Consumer Authority has unconditionally approved two property acquisitions by The Far Property Company Limited, a BSE-listed property investment company, finding no material threat to competition or public interest.
8 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
At a Capital Markets and Institutional Investors Roundtable in Botswana, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote called on African nations and businesses to lead the continent's industrial development rather than rely on foreign investors, emphasizing that African capital must fund large-scale projects and that the continent must move away from exporting raw materials.
7 September 2026 · Weekend Post →
Standard Chartered Bank Botswana expects profit before tax for the six months ended 30 June 2026 to increase by between P22 million and P36 million compared with the same period in the prior year, prompting a BSE cautionary announcement.
7 September 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Continental Reinsurance Holdings Limited is scheduled to list on the Botswana Stock Exchange's Main Board on October 5 in an initial public offering worth roughly 2.1 billion pula, marking the first time a private-equity shareholder has exited an investment through a Botswana listing of this nature and testing investor appetite for a pan-African reinsurer.
3 September 2026 · Weekend Post →
Standard Chartered Bank Botswana expects its pre-tax profit for the six months to June 2026 to rise by between 16 and 26 percent, or between P22 million and P36 million, from P140 million in the corresponding 2025 period, putting expected half-year profit before tax at approximately P162 million to P176 million.
30 August 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The UK government's MOBILIST programme has partnered with the Botswana Stock Exchange to unlock private investment and accelerate capital market development. The partnership aims to introduce new listed products to diversify investment options for institutional investors such as pension funds and asset managers.
26 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Botswana Stock Exchange posted measured gains in the first seven months of 2026, with the Domestic Companies Index rising 1.4% and the Foreign Companies Index surging 40.1%, reflecting investor confidence in local and foreign company prospects amid a complex regional and global economic backdrop.
24 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Botswana Stock Exchange has marked significant international expansion in the first seven months of 2026, signing the Tabadul Agreement with Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange to become the first African exchange to join the platform. The BSE also inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, creating Africa's first multi-commodity sister-hub trading corridor between Gaborone and Dubai.
24 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Botswana Development Corporation and Botswana Stock Exchange have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen capital markets, improve investment readiness among enterprises, and create pathways for long-term capital mobilisation into productive sectors. The partnership will focus on preparing BDC investee companies for capital-market participation, SME capacity building, investor education, and development of innovative financial instruments.
20 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Botswana Stock Exchange is pursuing a "10X by 2030" strategy to expand the role of capital markets in the economy through deeper markets, more investment, and broader ownership as the country faces pressure to diversify beyond diamonds.
15 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
At the 2nd Annual Botswana Public Service Leadership Conference, the CEO of AFRINEX Limited Mauritius urged Botswana's public service to adopt flexible working arrangements and accommodate employees' family responsibilities, arguing that excessive focus on task delivery harms employee wellbeing and long-term performance.
12 August 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
The Botswana Stock Exchange has unveiled a "10x by 2030" strategy to expand the nation's capital markets tenfold, aiming to increase capital mobilisation across infrastructure, small businesses, and emerging industries as part of economic diversification beyond the diamond sector.
10 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
Anglo American's proposed sale of its controlling stake in De Beers could lead to the company's departure from the Botswana Stock Exchange, potentially revealing the true scale of the domestic market while intensifying pressure on pension funds to invest more assets locally.
9 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
BSE-listed Far Property Limited is pursuing two separate property acquisitions at Farm Forest Hill No.9-KO involving Merlin Integer and The 868 On Kgale Trust, with the Competition and Consumer Authority reviewing the proposed transactions.
3 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
BSE-listed eco-tourism group Chobe Holdings reports entering the 2027 financial year with customer advances exceeding P92 million and stronger demand signals, supported by a robust sales pipeline.
3 August 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Sefalana Group achieved record annual revenue of P12 billion, up 9 percent, but profit before tax dropped 40 percent to P331 million. The company attributed the profitability decline to economic strain in Botswana, including reduced diamond-sector activity, higher electricity tariffs (adding P25 million to costs), and increased operational expenses.
3 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
Vice President and Minister of Finance Ndaba Gaolathe has urged investors to identify and back entrepreneurs at the earliest stages, describing angel investment as the critical bridge between founders and larger sources of finance. He called for stronger collaboration among government, banks, development finance institutions, universities, venture capital funds and the stock exchange to strengthen Botswana's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
3 August 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
The Botswana Stock Exchange maintained total market capitalisation above P1 trillion in the first six months of 2026, supported by foreign-listed companies, though six-month turnover fell 65.2 percent from 2025 levels.
27 July 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Shumba Energy Limited has begun construction on the Tati Solar project, a 100-megawatt facility near Francistown expected to supply electricity domestically and export energy across Southern Africa via the Southern African Power Pool, targeting commercial operation by 2027 with over P1 billion in investment.
29 June 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Botswana Stock Exchange recorded profit after tax of P20.6 million for 2025, with revenues rising 17.1% to P78.8 million from P67.3 million in 2024, driven by increased equity trading turnover, new listings, and higher commissions. The exchange has declared dividends of P2.5 million and aims to increase revenue tenfold by 2030.
16 June 2026 · Weekend Post →