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ICN Annual Conference in Sydney, Australia

The 2015 International Competition Network (ICN) Conference started in Sydney, Australia on 28 th April, and will end on May 1st. Topics for discussion at the conference include competition advocacy, online vertical restraints and online geographic price discrimination. The CEO of the Competition...

Competition Authority Turns Four

The Competition Authority turned four years old on 18 th April 2015. It was on this day in 2011 that the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Thula Kaira, reported for duty as the first and only employee of the Authority, and immediately started work to set up the secretariat, operating from the Botswana...

Fair Competition In The Supply Chain Key To Competitiveness

The Honourable Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry (MTI) says Botswana will never be globally competitive unless it produces excellent products and services for both the local and global markets. Officially opening the Fourth National Competition Conference IN Gaborone, Advocate Sadique...

Competition Authority Hosts Fourth National Competition Conference

The Competition Authority will hold the Fourth Annual National Competition Conference at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) on Thursday 26th March, 2015. The conference will be held under the theme; ‘ ’Competition and the Supply Chain’’ . The conference will be officially opened by...

Botswana and South African Competition Agencies Enhance Cooperation

The Competition Authority (CA) on 13 th March 2015 hosted staff from the Competition Commission of South Africa, (CompCom). Through such visits, the two competition agencies aim to build rapport amongst staff and enhance cooperation in areas such as information sharing. CA and Compcom staff held a...

CA Consults with Representatives of Merging Parties

The Competition Authority today (11 th February 2015) met with representatives of merging parties to brief them on the merger notification, merger assessment and merger determination processes as well as to receive feedback from them on their experiences and expectations, with the aim of improving...

Festive Season Closure

The Competition Authority will be closed for business between Monday 22 nd December 2014 and Friday 2 nd January 2015. That means the last working day will be Friday, 19 th December 2014 at 12.30pm, while the first working day of the new year will be Monday, 5 th January 2015 at 8am. The...

Competition Authority Commemorates World Competition Day

The Competition Authority today (5 th December) joined other competition agencies and civil society organisations in commemorating World Competition Day under the theme 'Competition Issues in Public Procurement'. To observe the day, the Authority hosted a panel discussion this morning based on the...

CA Staff Urged to Play Role in Prevention, Redress and Removal of HIV and AIDS

In line with their mandate of preventing, redressing and removing anti-competitive practices in the economy, staff of the Competition Authority have been urged to borrow the same language of ‘prevention’, ‘redressing’ and ‘removal’ and extend the same principles to the fight against HIV and AIDS...

Competition Authority Staff Awards 2014

The Competition Authority held its second annual Staff Awards on November 28 th to reward staff members and teams for the good work they did throughout the year. The CEO, Mr. Thula Kaira, presented the award winners with certificates and plaques. The Director of Mergers and Monopolies Ms. Magdeline...

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