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Fair and Efficient Markets Drive Prosperity for All - Professor Otlogetswe Totolo

The Vice Chancellor of Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Professor Otlogetswe Totolo, says one way to drive prosperity for all is by ensuring that markets are functioning well as they should because it is in the market where business happens, jobs are created, and...

Competition Authority Approves with Conditions the Acquisition of Bank of India (Botswana) by First Capital Bank

The Competition Authority has approved with conditions the acquisition of 100% issued and paid up ordinary shares of Bank of India (Botswana) Ltd by First Capital Bank Ltd. Announcing its decision on 3rd April 2019, the Authority said the analysis of the facts of the case have shown that there are...

Competition Authority Hosts Competition Symposium

The Competition Authority will on Wednesday 10th April 2019 host the National Competition Symposium which will be held at Avani Hotel in Gaborone. This symposium which will be divided into three sessions will be headlined by a panel discussion which will discuss one of the contemporary major...

First Capital Bank Proposes to Acquire 100% Shares of Bank of India (Botswana)

The Competition Authority has received a merger notification for the proposed acquisition of 100% issued and paid up ordinary shares of Bank of India (Botswana) Ltd (BOIB) by First Capital Bank Ltd (FCBL). The acquiring enterprise, FCBL, is a company incorporated in accordance with the Laws of...

Ngami Motors Proposes to Acquire 50% Issued Shares of Dennis Service Station in Serowe

The Competition Authority has received a merger notification for the proposed acquisition by Ngami Motors (Pty) Ltd of 50% issued shares in Dennis Service Station in Serowe. The primary acquiring enterprise, Ngami Motors, is a company duly incorporated in accordance with the Laws of Botswana. Ngami...

Dennis Service Station Acquisition Unconditionally Approved

The Competition Authority has approved without any conditions the acquisition of an additional 50% of the issued shares in Dennis Service Station (1976) (Pty) Ltd by Gavin Blackbeard from Raymond Barnwell Watson. Announcing its decision on 25th January 2019, the Authority said it determined through...

Proposed Acquisition of Shares in Dennis Service Station in Serowe

The Competition Authority has received a merger notification for the proposed acquisition of an additional 50% of the issued shares in Dennis Service Station (1976) (Pty) Ltd (“Dennis Service Station”) by Gavin Blackbeard (“the purchaser”) from Raymond Barnwell Watson (“the seller”). The purchaser...

Competition Authority Festive Season Closure 2018/19

The Competition Authority will close for the Christmas and New Year Holidays at 5pm on Friday 21st December 2018. The office will reopen on Monday 7 th January 2019 at 8am. The Competition Commission and the Competition Authority wish all our valued customers happy and safe Christmas holidays; and...

Digital Economy, Innovation and Competition - Competition Authority Commemorates World Competition Day 2018

Every year on December 5 th , since 1980 when the United Nations Conference approved the United Nations Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business, competition agencies and consumer groups around the world commemorate World Competition Day (...

African Competition Forum Elects New Steering Committee

The African Competition Forum (ACF), held its 2nd biennial conference on 11 th to 12 October 2018 at Marrakech, Morocco, hosted by the Competition Council of Morocco. At the conference, a new Steering Committee was elected with South Africa as Chairperson and Tunisia and Mauritius as Vice...

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