Botswana

Currency: Pula (BWP)

Timezone: Central Africa Time (UTC+2)

Major Cities: Gaborone

Botswana is a landlocked sovereign state in Southern Africa, sharing its border with Zambia and Zimbabwe to the Northeast, South Africa to the south and southeast, and Namibia to the North and West. The climate is semi-arid, characterised by warm winters and hot summers. The terrain is dominated in the southwest by the Kalahari Desert and is home to different wildlife, including elephants, antelopes, and giraffes.

The population of the country is approximately 2.3 million, comprising a diverse ethnic group such as the Basarwa, the Tswana, and the Kalanga, and the country’s official languages are English and Tswana. The country is politically stable with a democratic parliamentary republican type of government which is administratively divided into 6 town councils and 10 districts, including Gaborone —the state capital. The mining sector is the most important sector of the economy, and the major source of foreign exchange comes from diamonds, copper, beef, and textiles. In 2017, the country was classified as an upper-middle-income country by the World Bank. The principal objective of the country’s National Development Plan is to become a high-income country by 2036. However, the country faces the problems of drought and the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS.

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BOCRA Quality of Service Guidelines

Botswana, Communication

These guidelines apply to all networks, mobile, and internet service providers in Botswana. The guidelines aim to protect the interest of consumers of ICT services; ensure service providers offer quality services to end-users; ensure customer...

Botswana • 2020 • Information, Communication and Technology

Rooftop Solar Guidelines

Botswana, Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security

These guidelines were designed to enable BPC electricity consumers to generate electricity for their use while selling any excess to BPC up to the limit as defined by the government.

Botswana • 2020 • Energy

Monetary Policy Statement, 2019

Bank of Botswana, Botswana

The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) is the Bank of Botswana statement to inform stakeholders about its monetary policy choices for the year following the review of last year’s economic policy, current economic conditions and the...

Botswana • 2019 • Finance

Financial Intelligence Act, 2019

Botswana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development

This Act provides guidelines for the reporting of suspicious financial transactions in Botswana and activities related to financial information and reporting.

Botswana • 2019 • Finance

Financial Intelligence Regulation, 2019

Botswana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development

This Act provides the regulations for all activities related to financial information, recording, and reporting of transactions as well as all related financial transaction activities.

Botswana • 2019 • Finance

Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority Standardised: Guidelines on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for the Communications Sector

Botswana, Ministry of Transport and Communications

These guidelines outline the minimum standard requirements on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery to all licensed communications operators to ensure uninterrupted consumers services and to enable businesses to recover operations promptly.

Botswana • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

BOCRA Code of Conducts for Elections

Botswana, Communication

This document is the Code of Conduct for broadcasting service licensees during the election; duty of monitoring and supervising the broadcasting service in Botswana.

Botswana • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

Financial Intelligence Act, 2019

Botswana, Finance and Economic Development

This is an Act amending the Financial Intelligence Act; for the continued operations of the Financial Intelligence Agency and the National Financial Intelligence Coordinating Committee; to provide for the reporting of suspicious transactions and other...

Botswana • 2019 • Finance

Financial Intelligence Regulations, 2019

Botswana, Finance and Economic Development

These regulations are the provisions for reporting financial transactions in Botswana; verification of information, keeping of records, reporting suspicious transactions, wire transfers, compliance, and other general matters.

Botswana • 2019 • Finance

Insurance Industry Regulations, 2019

Botswana, Finance and Economic Development

This document highlights the main regulations governing the insurance industry; capital requirements, provisions relating to assets, licensing of insurers, operations of insurance business, and other related matters.

Botswana • 2019 • Finance

Public Asset Management Policy

Botswana, Finance and Economic Development

The main goal of this Policy is to introduce a government-wide asset management policy for full life-cycle management of public asset management in Botswana to ensure effective management, maintenance, and efficient use of public assets...

Botswana • 2019 • Finance

BOCRA Quality of Service Guidelines

Botswana, Communication

These guidelines apply to all networks, mobile, and internet service providers in Botswana. The guidelines aim to protect the interest of consumers of ICT services; ensure service providers offer quality services to end-users; ensure customer...

Botswana • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology

BOCRA Radio License Fees

Botswana, Communication

This document specifies the different annual fees for various types of radio licenses in Botswana.

Botswana • 2019 • Information, Communication and Technology