Africa Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Botswana recently inaugurated an agri-voltaic project in Gaborone that consists of a 1 megawatt solar power plant that provides energy to the university during the day
Africa Botswana The government of Botswana has launched its national health services digitisation project with the hashtag "Go Digital Health"
Africa Botswana The overall pass rate for the Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education 2022 results, Grade C or better in six syllabuses, is 95,46%, a minor decline of 1,63 % from 97,09% of year 2021
Africa Botswana To promote indigenous knowledge, Botswana Innovation Fund calls on innovators or communities that would like to develop Indigenous Knowledge-(IK) based products and services to make their submissions
Africa Botswana Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi said the country could sever trade ties with South African diamond giant De Beers if talks to renegotiate sales agreements prove unfavourable to the country's government
Africa Botswana Sales of diamonds from Botswana reached record levels last year: the reason is the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which caused Western buyers to flee Russian diamond sellers, at the same time as demand for diamond jewellery increased
Africa Botswana China donated personal protective equipment and reproductive health products to the country in an operation made in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Africa Botswana Road accidents claimed lives of 22 people over the just ended festive period; 440 accidents were recorded, -19,7% with respect to the festive period 2021, according to latest statistics statement from Botswana Police Service
Africa Botswana Four orphaned elephants will be reintroduced into the wild in 2023, after spending five years at the Elephant Havens orphanage in the country
Africa Botswana Trans-Kalahari Railway (TKR) is moving closer to reality, as Botswana and Namibia have recently met and emphasised the need for speedy implementation of the project aimed at promoting trade and tourism
Africa Botswana The country has identified new sub-variants of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, the government announced, stating that the sub-variants were dominant in other countries in Europe and Asia
Africa Botswana HIV mother-to-child transmission rate has dropped to less than 5%, "one of the lowest in the world" said Health Minister; the country also provides antenatal care and anti-retroviral treatment to more than 90% of pregnant women