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Durban, South Africa will host the inaugural much-anticipated CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental Final phase at King Zwelithini Stadium from 05-08 April 2023. The first year of the Programme – a historic and first of its kind Schools Programme that has attracted over 44 000 boys and girls in 41 African countries under the age of 15 to not only compete on the field but to be empowered through a number of programmes aimed at capacity building This is a culmination of a journey that started with Schools competition at National level and then Zonal Phase. The Continental Phase of…
GABORONE – The BIHL Group women’s leadership led by its CEO Catherine Lesetedi donated IT equipment to the Botswana GBV Prevention and Support Centre (BGBVC). The donation was made to commemorate of International Women’s Day held on the 8th of March under the theme: “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. The women’s leadership handed over six laptops to the BGBVC in order to help close the gap of gender inequality and to give women and girls access to technology. The laptops donated will be used to document client information and help with reporting in Francistown, Gantsi and Gaborone. This donation was selected from a list of key…
On the 7th of March 2023, Children in the Wilderness Botswana (CITW), together with prominent local Botswana artist Chris Manto 7 (below, centre), in collaboration with U.S. Embassy hosted Rhyme Like a Girl (RLAG) at Eretsha Village. Rhyme Like a Girl is an American Music Abroad (AMA) band, featuring female US hip-hop performers who develop, grow and promote a positive image of women in hip-hop music culture. AMA is a cultural diplomacy programme that brings together American musicians with global audiences. AMA artists represent the new generation of musical ambassadors, reaching beyond concert halls to interact with other musicians and citizens…
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) season 3 is just around the corner with 12 basketball clubs from all corners of the continent set to fight for the ultimate goal of lifting the BAL trophy on May 27 in Kigali. The excitement among players, coaches and fans has been immeasurable and transpires through BAL teams and players’ social media posts and fans’ anticipation to watch some of Africa’s finest basketball talents. The 2023 BAL regular season gets underway on Saturday, March 11 with the Sahara Conference hosting six teams in a 15-game schedule at Dakar Arena on the outskirts of the…
The feature documentary, created in Botswana, in Setswana to celebrates the people of Botswana, their cultural heritage and traditional knowledge, and their commitment to preserving the Okavango Delta and its headwaters through the story of the Nkashi Classic race officially premieredin Gaborone’s Riverwalk mall at Capital Cinemas on Thursday 9 March 2023 to the glare of distinguished industry leaders including President HE Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi. National Geographic Society (NGS) and De Beers, through their Okavango Eternal partnership announced the world premiere of the groundbreaking documentary film Nkashi: Race for the Okavango will take place at dual events in Maun and…
The Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited (BIHL) Group remains committed to its digitalisation strategy and has shown a robust increase in profit. The announcement of the abridged audited results for the year ended 31 December 2022 was made before key stakeholders and subsidiaries (Botswana Life, Botswana Insurance Company and Bifm). The strategies across all subsidiaries have enabled the Group to build and sustain strong momentum of high revenues in the year under review. Operating profit increased by 132% to P408 million. This is primarily as the excess mortality brought about by COVID-19 in 2021 eased off after successful nationwide vaccinations, resulting in reduced claims and this improved…
Standard Chartered Botswana has launched its Eazy Pula Agent Banking service, in partnership with the BotswanaPost. The Eazy Pula service will enable members of the public to transact with Standard Chartered Bank through the use of its various Agents countrywide. This partnership forms part of Standard Chartered Botswana’s continuous evaluation of its distribution model, as it drives its digitisation strategy to ensure increased access to Standard Chartered. Standard Chartered has partnered with BotswanaPost to deliver sixteen (16) sites in phase one – namely in Bobonong, Francistown, Ghanzi, Goodhope, Jwaneng, Kanye, Kasane, Mahalapye, Molepolole, Maun, Mochudi, Moshupa, Rakops, Seronga, Serowe and…
Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) is alongside other local tourism destination entities participating at the ongoing International Tourism Bourse (ITB) Berlin 2023 from Tuesday 7th to Thursday 9th March 2023 in Germany. ITB Berlin is the world’s leading travel trade show, and this year marks its first in-person edition since the advent of COVID-19 pandemic. The trade show offers opportunities to launch new and latest products, generate new sales leads, increase brand exposure, and establish networks amongst industry players. This trade show is amongst several marketing activities scheduled by BTO for the year to propel tourism sector recovery. The Botswana stand…
As of February 2023, the Sub-Saharan region has faced several extreme climate events ranging from extreme heat to cyclones, and flooding. There has never been a time more crucial for Africa to invest in climate mitigation and adaptation to curb the effects of these catastrophic events. According to meteorological researchers, a cyclone coming out of the Indian Ocean dubbed Cyclone Freddy with wind speeds of up to 120km/hr could affect over 3.3 million people in Madagascar (2.3 million), Mozambique (527,000), and Zimbabwe (531,000) during its passage through the three countries. While many governments are lagging far behind on climate action,…
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) Women’s Football Manager, Tsholofelo Setlhoko is set to join other FIFA Member Associations personnel in a leadership program dubbed FIFA-UEFA collaboration: Women in Football Leadership. The course is anticipated to take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from March 6 to 10, 2023. Oozing with confidence ahead of jetting off to Europe, Setlhoko who joined BFA over five year ago and possess a BA in Physical Education from University of Botswana and a Diploma in Physical Education (International Coaching Course from Semmelweis University-Olympic solidarity, said the course also brings networking opportunity for her to develop as a…