Botswana Export Manufacturer Association (BEMA) is integrating its online store with the Pan-African Payment Settlement System (PAPSS) developed by AFREXIM Bank, to ease customer payments across Africa. This, after Botswana became the 46th state to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which is expected to give companies on the continent access to a...
Paratus Botswana has confirmed plans to lay over 1000km of fibre in the country by year-end. Paratus Botswana Managing Director, Shawn Bruwer, said, “By the end of 2023, we will have more than 1000km of fibre deployed nationally; numerous unique PoPs (points of presence); over 20 service vehicles; and hundreds of radio access points.” The...
Botswana’s ambition to transition its economy is pinned to the country’s digital transformation, the finance minister has announced. Presenting the 2023/2024 budget proposal, finance minister Peggy Serame said digital transformation is central to its national development agenda. She added that is part of six national priorities, which include business environment reform, infrastructure development, value chain...
Paratus Botswana, part of the pan-African network operator Paratus Group, has launched a Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) service and the company believes there is opportunity within what is considered a relatively new market segment. Paratus FTTH is up against local competitors, including BTC, Mascom and Orange – and BoFiNet, all gunning for ROI in network connectivity solution...
Consumer needs for telecom services have changed a lot since the Covid-19 pandemic. Botswana’s incumbent telecom operator wants to modernize its network system to meet current and future industry challenges and remain competitive over the next few years. Incumbent operator Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has selected Infovista’s technology to modernize its existing mobile network and prepare...
Orange Botswana, a subsidiary of France’s Orange Group, has launched the group’s first 5G network in Africa. The new infrastructure covers 30% of the country’s population, centred on greater Gaborone and Francistown, with other cities to follow in 2023. Orange Botswana had earlier opened a new digital innovation centre in the capital. As part of...
Non-profit construction industry representative body, the Botswana Women in Construction (BOWICO), has urged government to use data effectively in the establishment of smart cities and thereby help to create ‘a night economy’. This after the government announced its intention to convert the country’s second capital Francistown and the resort town Maun into smart cities Botswana...
Botswana’s private sector has been urged to intensify its interest in- and use of ICT as the country looks to equal and even surpass international counterparts in the use of 4IR technologies, including RPA, virtual and augmented reality, as well as new energy solutions. Speaking at the Botswana Telecommunications (BTC) Digital Shift Enterprise Summit, the...
Orange Money, the mobile money service of Orange and leading Pan-African payments company, Cellulant have announced a new partnership to enable card-to-wallet transfers for eight banks in Botswana. The Orange Money Card-To-Wallet service in Botswana enables customers to transfer money online from any bank account to an Orange Money wallet. The Orange Money Card-To-Wallet service...
Botswana’s government plans to link up with UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) to jointly review the country’s National Research, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. Minister of Communications, Knowledge and Technology Thulagano Segokgo said the review was necessary in order to align policy with both regional and international protocols to support sustainable development....
