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Weekend Post
… Produced mainly in Uganda, with smaller quantities from South Sudan and Kenya, Nilotica offers an alternative to conventional West African shea, especially valued where traceability and natural sourcing matter. …
From Baobab to Rooibos: Africa’s Rising Star in Global MarketsWeekend Post
… Chipper Cash tackled the costly cross-border remittance market by building a multi-currency peer-to-peer payment network across Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and beyond. …
Africa’s Billion-Dollar tech platformsWeekend Post
… Cure Blindness Project’s reach spans continents, with active programs in twenty African countries – including Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda – as well as South Asia and South America. …
Cure Blindness Project restores sight to 315,000 in 2025Weekend Post
… With a $13 million injection targeted at the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan, and Uganda, this funding aims to bolster national emergency responses and tighten the grip on a virus that has proven both deadly and elusive. …
ADB pledges $13M to combat deadly Ebola outbreak in Central AfricaWeekend Post
… Botswana now joins a network that already gathers CEOs and policymakers from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda, and beyond. …
Gaborone Opens Its Boardroom: Inside the Inaugural CEO Africa RoundtableWeekend Post
… This deal, finalized after all regulatory approvals, sets the stage for Minet to accelerate growth and reinforce its leadership across nine African markets, from Kenya and Uganda to Botswana and beyond. …
Adenia Partners acquire Minet Group, boosting African insuranceWeekend Post
… One of the most notable changes is the upcoming 2027 AFCON tournament, which will be a historic event as it is set to be jointly hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. …
CAF rejects AFCON expansionBotswana Sunday Standard
… Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria were all beaten 3 – 0 as Botswana marched to the 1st to 3rd playoffs. …
A Date with Destiny Beckons for Botswana’s Billie Jean King Cup TeamDaily News Botswana
President Advocate Duma Boko has called for urgent political, financial and technical support to contain the Ebola outbreak currently affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. …
Boko calls for united front against EbolaMmegi
… marking a bold and pioneering move for a local company, as its peers were and generally continue to be conservative in their expansion outlook.Letshego’s choice of address for its debut expansion was equally ambitious, skipping over the regional neighbours and reaching to Uganda …
Letshego refocuses its African dreamThe Good Life Show's Hosted Buyer Programme connects qualified international buyers from India, Pakistan, the UAE, Greece, Ghana, China, and Botswana with African exhibitors, facilitating direct trade opportunities in indigenous ingredients, specialty beverages, natural beauty products, and value-added agricultural goods.
20 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Good Life Show's Hosted Buyer Programme connects qualified international buyers from India, Pakistan, the UAE, Greece, Ghana, China, and Botswana with African exhibitors, facilitating direct trade opportunities in indigenous ingredients, specialty beverages, natural beauty products, and value-added agricultural goods.
20 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
Several athletes, including four Ugandan boxers and one Pakistani boxer, went missing after the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games closing ceremonies and are believed to be seeking asylum in Scotland, according to reports and Police Scotland confirmations.
7 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
Africa's top private technology companies, valued over $1 billion, are shifting wealth generation away from traditional resource-based industries toward scalable software solutions. These unicorns focus on everyday challenges faced by ordinary Africans and small business owners, such as cross-border money transfers, payments processing, and banking access, rather than luxury goods or Western digital trends.
6 August 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Vermont-based nonprofit Cure Blindness Project reported delivering over 315,000 sight-restoring cataract surgeries worldwide in 2025, representing more than one percent of the world's cataract blindness cases. The organization's comprehensive approach includes community screenings, treatment, post-surgical follow-ups, and patient support.
23 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
The African Development Bank announced $13 million in funding on 21 July 2026 to combat an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda, caused by the Bundibugyo variant with a fatality rate reaching 50 percent and no approved vaccines or antiviral treatments yet available.
23 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
Botswana held the inaugural CEO Africa Roundtable at the Gaborone International Convention Centre, bringing together chief executives, board chairpersons, diplomats, and business leaders under the banner "Towards a $40 Billion Economy by 2036." The government presented a roadmap acknowledging that the old economic model has run its course and called for action from private sector and regional partners.
22 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
Minet Group, a pan-African insurance brokerage and employee benefits firm with over 70 years of operational experience across nine African markets including Botswana, has completed its transition from Capitalworks to private equity firm Adenia Partners following regulatory approvals.
14 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
The Confederation of African Football has rejected a proposal by CAF President Patrice Motsepe to expand the Africa Cup of Nations from 24 to 28 teams, citing lack of internal consultation and concerns about logistical, financial, and competitive implications. The decision maintains the current 24-team format in place since 2017.
7 July 2026 · Weekend Post →
Botswana will host the Billie Jean King Cup tournament for the first time in the team's 30-year history, with eleven nations competing on 13 July at the National Tennis Center in Gaborone. The local women's team will pursue promotion to Euro/Africa Group II after a 23-year absence, buoyed by home support following a third-place finish in last year's qualifying tournament in Namibia.
6 July 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
President Advocate Duma Boko called for urgent political, financial and technical support to contain the Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, emphasizing that infectious diseases transcend borders and require collective action. Speaking at a June 16 virtual meeting, Boko stressed the importance of regional cooperation, protecting frontline health workers, and enhanced cross-border surveillance to respond to the outbreak, which has a joint preparedness and response plan valued at US$518 million.
17 June 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Letshego Africa, founded in 1998, first expanded outside Botswana in January 2005 by establishing operations in Uganda, skipping regional neighbours in a bold move that distinguished it from more conservative peer companies.
16 June 2026 · Mmegi →
Letshego Africa Holdings is withdrawing from Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda following a combined loss after tax of P519.5 million in the year ended December 2025, despite operating income of P1.46 billion.
10 June 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →
The World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier A is featuring cricket among six nations and the hosts. Uganda has nearly secured one of the top two slots needed to progress to the next phase, having dominated their opponents.
29 May 2026 · Mmegi →
Botswana's Ministry of Health has introduced new screening measures for all incoming travellers, including temperature checks and screening for Ebola symptoms, with particular focus on those who have visited the DRC, Uganda, or other Ebola-affected areas within the past 21 days. Symptomatic travellers will be isolated and transported to designated health facilities, and the public has been advised to avoid non-essential travel to affected regions and practise strict hygiene measures.
28 May 2026 · Mmegi →
Botswana has begun intensified screening for Ebola at all entry points following outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The North East District Council has established isolation facilities at Ramokgwena border post and says Masunga Hospital is prepared to admit patients, though no cases have been recorded yet.
28 May 2026 · Daily News Botswana →
Team Botswana delivered a mixed but largely encouraging performance at the 17th Africa Youth Chess Championship 2026 in Uganda, showing resilience despite narrow medal misses, according to the Botswana Chess Federation.
27 May 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
The Ministry of Health has warned of risks of Ebola importation following fresh outbreaks of Bundibugyo Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
24 May 2026 · The Botswana Gazette →
Gaborone hosted the 13th AFTRA conference and 15th Roundtable at the International Convention Centre, bringing together education leaders and policymakers under the theme "Recasting Teaching as a Collaborative Profession: Implications for Africa" to explore approaches such as peer mentoring and professional learning communities aimed at strengthening education systems across the continent.
6 May 2026 · Mmegi →
Letshego Africa Holdings Ltd., a Gaborone-based lender, is selling units in Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda to Axian Digital Venture Holding and Management Ltd., deepening its retreat from regions that have driven the company into the red.
4 May 2026 · Botswana Sunday Standard →