A two-day multistakeholder workshop in Gaborone has laid the groundwork for Botswana’s first comprehensive mapping of the digital environment for its Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs), opening new opportunities to …
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Economy & Development
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Education & Innovation
Botswana and Namibia strengthen quality assurance to prepare higher education for the digital age
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauHigher education systems worldwide are being transformed by digital technologies, yet they continue to operate with very different levels of resources, digital capacity, and infrastructure. Meanwhile, the higher education sector …
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Education & Innovation
Sparking innovation: Universities in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe set to redefine youth skills development through simulation-learning technology
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauHigher education institutions in Southern Africa are taking a digital leap forward. Partner institutions in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe have finalised implementation plans under the UNESCO TECH SPARK Africa Project (2025-2027), marking an important step towards the integration of simulation-learning …
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Botswana faces significant climate change impacts, including rising temperatures, severe droughts, and increasingly erratic rainfall, threatening water security, biodiversity, economic stability, and overall socio-economic development. The agricultural sector, vital for …
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Opinion & Analysis
“Biodiversity is the next diamond”: Botswana’s NEF is a role model in sustainable policy
National Environmental Funds are the most popular tools to mobilize resources for biodiversity and ecosystem services by countries. In 2016, Botswana launched its own national environmental sustainability plans under the …