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1. Mozambique and Botswana agree to rail transport project

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   26 July 2011 An agreement has been made for a transport infrastructure project to allow Botswana to gain greater access to the Indian Ocean through Mozambique.  The two nations intend to invest in the initiative to connect Mozambique's Maputo province with Botswana via Zimbabwe, according to Macau Hub. This 1,100-kilometre railway will enable Botswana to improve its trade links and import more than five…

2. Botswana suffers outages

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   4 April 2014 Financial Mail ESKOM is trying to bring Kusile and Medupi - its two 4800MW power stat ions that are under construction - on stream in SA at the same time as the Botswana Power Corp (BPC)…

3. Le Botswana octroie près de 7 millions USD au développement de son infrastructure Internet

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   3 February 2012 Le gouvernement du Botswana vient d'annoncer son intention d'allouer 50 millions de pulas (6,82 millions USD) afin d'améliorer ses infrastructures internet et augmenter la capacité de la bande passante de la vitesse de débit. « Grâce à un programme d'informatique et télécommunications solide, le Botswana déploie des efforts pour développer le secteur des services afin…

4. La Namibie et le Botswana célèbrent l'arrivée du câble WACS

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   28 June 2012 Le Botswana et la Namibie ont inauguré mardi 26 juin leurs stations respectives d'atterrissement du câble sous-marin de fibre optique WACS. Long de 14 000 kilomètres, ce câble est…

5. Le Botswana inaugure une nouvelle centrale électrique

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   29 July 2012 La plus grande centrale électrique du Botswana, la centrale de Morupule B, est maintenant opérationnelle et a fourni ses premiers 150 MW d'électricité. Le PDG de la Compagnie énergétique du Botswana (BPC), Jacob Raleru, a déclaré le 26 juillet à l'agence de presse Xinhua  qu'il espérait voir une seconde unité, qui doit également produire 150 MW, commencer à fonctionner en août. La BPC espère également mettre en activité une troisième et quatrième unité d'ici la fin de l'année. L'objectif de ce projet est de permettre au Botswana de réduire considérablement sa dépendance en électricité…

6. Botswana, Zimbabwe dry ports still in starting blocks

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   27 January 2014 The Namibian Years after the government offered landlocked neighbours to set up dry port facilities at Walvis Bay, only the Zambian facility is operational. This was confirmed by the Manager of Corporate Communications at NamPort, Liz Sibindi, in an interview, in which she said Botswana had started developing its dry port while Zimbabwe is yet to develop its facility. "The responsibility is with the respective governments to develop their facilities hence NamPort would not want to speculate on the reasons for delays," Sibindi said. She said the dry ports will enable the land locked…

7. New rail track between Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe

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   18 April 2011 A protocol of agreement was signed last Friday between the governments of Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It concerns the construction of a new rail track between the three countries of southern Africa, reports the Xinhua press agency. This track will run between Botswana and Zimbabwe, passing through Mozambique. Works are to commence in two years' time. According to the Mozambican minister for Transport and Communications, Paulo Zucula, this track is of huge importance to the development of the three countries "in all aspects of everyday life". Elsewhere, in Algeria, Austrian firm Kapsch…

8. La Chine et le Botswana renforcent leur coopération dans les infrastructures

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   24 November 2010 La Chine a signé ce week-end plusieurs accords avec le Botswana, à l'occasion de la tournée africaine du vice-président chinois Xi Jinping. "Avec cette première visite…

9. Botswana and South Africa sign Memorandum of Cooperation

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   2 November 2012 SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Minister of Transport and Communications, Nonofo Molefhi and his South African counterpart, Minister of Transport, Ben Martins, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperati…

10. Botswana 'to get energy boost'

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    3 November 2009 The approval of several loans towards a $1.4 billion (£859 million) power station in Botswana is expected to bring the country from being dependent on foreign power suppliers…