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Botswana’s Boko: U.S.-Africa Business Summit addressed practical solutions
CNBC Africa
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June 24, 2025
On the dynamic sidelines of the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Luanda, Angola, Botswana’s President Duma Boko offered his insights on the crucial discussions addressing Africa's investment landscape, trade relations, and transformative growth. The...
Zambia is set to track satellites and cosmic events with its new space tech
Business Insider Africa
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June 25, 2025
The latest episode in this series features the installation of the Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART) at Copperbelt University in Kitwe, Zambia. As reported by SpaceinAfrica, this cutting-edge 24-element device is intended for real-time,...
Phatsima Tuitions is Transforming Academic Lives in Botswana
Botswana Guardian Sun
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June 25, 2025
In 2020, a group of rewriting Form 3 students walked back into Phatsima Tuitions wearing their brand-new senior secondary school uniforms. They weren’t returning for classes, but to say thank you. These were students who had once failed, who had...
TikTok trailblazer: Botswana’s Mosa farms, leads, and inspires
Food For Mzansi
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June 25, 2025
Mosa Balesamang does not just raise sheep; she raises the bar. With a scientist’s brain and a farmer’s heart, she shares how she runs her farm in Botswana in this episode of the Farmer Mentor series. When Mosa Balesamang walks into a kraal, phone...
Scientists have just discovered an ocean at the Earth’s core, challenging our understanding of the universe.
Farmingdale Observer - New York
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June 23, 2025
Could there be a huge ocean hidden 700 km beneath our feet? If the discoveries made by teams of scientists in two different parts of the world are anything to go by, this could well be the case. All the more reason to shake up many beliefs about...
Fewer Babies In Botswana Acquire Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Thanks To Dedicated Push To Eliminate Mother To Child Transmission
MENAFN
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June 24, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Eliminating mother to child transmission of HIV is possible. And Botswana is celebrating becoming the first country in Africa – and the first country with a high burden of HIV - to be awarded a Gold Tier status by the World...
The podcast revolution in Botswana - Part 1
MMEGI
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June 23, 2025
This has resulted in a spike in podcasts as seen today. But to allay fears, it must be noted that this is not entirely a bad thing. The adoption of digital technologies globally has, to a greater degree, seen a growth in the consumption of digital...
Botswana Police Air tests hi-tech drones in Bobirwa
Botswana Guardian Sun
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June 13, 2025
The Botswana Police Service (BPS) has begun testing its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as Drones, which are operated under its Air Wing Unit in the Bobirwa region, a move that has sparked widespread discussion among...
Botswana eyes deep, beneficial ties with China
China Daily
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Phenyo Butale Botswana's minister of international relations, Phenyo Butale, has hailed 50 years of China-Botswana ties as mutually beneficial, voicing optimism about deepening the relationship through strengthened collaboration in trade,...
Botswana Candidacy for the Organization for the OPCW
Diplomat magazine EU
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June 17, 2025
Ambassador Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, Botswana’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, is Botswana’s candidate for the position of Director-General of...
Botswana and China: 50 years of friendship, a future of possibilities
China Daily Global
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In a landmark visit to China, Botswana's Minister of International Relations Phenyo Butale celebrated five decades of growing ties between Botswana and China — a journey marked by trust, development, and mutual respect. From booming trade to tech...
Botswana’s horticultural sector grows stronger amid climate pressures
MMEGI
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June 17, 2025
According to officials, the agricultural sub sector currently produces 112,000 tonnes of horticultural produce annually, signaling substantial progress towards self-sufficiency. However, challenges such as stagnant cultivated land, slow irrigation...
The 1% country: Uganda’s contrarian tech play
Techpoint Africa
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June 20, 2025
“We are open for business.” This is what Dr Monica Musenero, Uganda’s Minister for Science, Technology, and Innovation, said to investors at the second edition of the Uganda Investor Summit in Kampala on Thursday, June 19, 2025. This was the...
Botswana Courts Investors at JCK
Botswana Gazette
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June 16, 2025
President Duma Boko just laid out plans to expand Botswana’s diamond sector and investment appeal through beneficiation, green energy and economic reforms before an audience of diamond industry leaders at the JCK Las Vegas Trade Show GAZETTE...
Leviathan Gold set to acquire Cura Exploration Botswana
African Mining Market
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June 19, 2025
Leviathan Gold Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent dated 13th June 2025, with Cura Exploration Botswana Corp. (formerly 1513711 B.C. Ltd.1) (“Privco”), whereby the Company will acquire all of the...
NamWater looks to Botswana’s smart metering model for improved revenue
Windhoek Observer
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Niël Terblanché A delegation from the Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) has embarked on a five-day benchmarking mission to Botswana to accelerate the digital transformation of Namibia’s water supply systems. Hosted by Botswana’s Water Utilities...
From larvae to livelihoods,Africa is rethinking research
The Nation Malawi
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June 19, 2025
Imagine a busy market day in Lilongwe complete with the sweet-smelling grilled tilapia, lively banter and a quiet researcher watching it all unfold. Well, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) final-year student Aubrey...
114 Husker undergrads receive stipends for summer research projects
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has awarded stipends to 114 Husker undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer. Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience Program supports undergraduates...
News in pictures: lions clash in Botswana’s wild Savuti region
The Times
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A juvenile blackcap is recorded in the soft light of morning at Minorca, a former open-cast mine near Moira in the National Forest. Dr Heather Gilbert, research and evidence manager, checks mist nets among wildflowers and young trees as part of...
New research maps optimal locations for climate-fighting reforestation
Engineering News
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New research from the Future Ecosystems for Africa program at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has created the most accurate maps yet of where reforestation can effectively combat climate change. The study identifies 195...