02 · Path
Which pricing path?
Full registration, finish line after DIY, tender-ready, or special licence — match where you are to a clear package.
Open pricingResources
Tools, guides,
courses & notes
Practical material for founders on the path — from diagnosis to registration to operating cleanly.
Tools
Measure first
Interactive checks — not another brochure.
01 · Diagnostic
Business Health Check
Twelve questions across compliance, finance, market and self. About five minutes. Score out of 100, breakdown by area, three gaps to close first.
- 01 Compliance
- 02 Finance
- 03 Market
- 04 Self
Answers stay on this device. No email required.
Compliance
03 · Enquire
Talk it through
Already mid-registration or stuck on PPRA. Send a short brief — we reply with the cleanest next step.
ContactDownloadable guides
Keep on hand
Plain text — print, save, or share. No signup.
Checklist
Registration checklist
What to prepare for CIPA, tax, bank and beyond.
Structure
Business name vs company
When a sole prop is enough — and when a Pty Ltd is required.
PPRA
PPRA quick reference
Four categories, codes, subcodes and a worked example.
Tenders
Common tendering mistakes
Where bids die — admin, packaging, pricing and submission.
Courses
Taught live
Manuals and workbooks that force decisions for your situation.
Flagship
How to Start a Company in Botswana
From idea to operating company. Three parts: before registration, making it legal, and keeping it standing. Live facilitation with a written manual and cumulative workbooks.
- Day 01 Before you register You, idea, market, name
- Day 02 Registration Structure → CIPA → BURS → bank → licence → PPRA
- Day 03 After registration Books, tax, hire, tenders, funding, growth
Multi-part series
Read in order
From the Register Carousels and PPRA Strong Starter packs — measured, sequential, built to keep.
Series 01
PPRA Strong Starter
From what PPRA is to services, supplies and works grades — with fee examples.
Series 02
How to Tender
Language, the document, bid/no-bid, compliance, pricing, ethics and after award.
Blog
Standalone field notes
Single reads — plain, precise, grounded. For multi-part PPRA and tender training, use the series above.
Don’t register yet
The pre-registration stage is the cheapest — and the most decisive.
Choose a name on CIPA
Unique, sayable, free on registry, web and social. Then reserve.
Business name or company
A business name is not a separate legal person. Choose for the future.
Clean shareholding
Decide who owns what, write it down. Loose promises kill companies later.
Separate the money
Company cash in the company account. Pay yourself on purpose.
Get it right the first time
Structure, books, tax, systems — while fixing is still cheap.
Where this can go
Home market, government buyers, SACU, capital, the exchange.
PPRA: four categories
Services, supplies, consultancy, works — code, subcode, grade.
Service vs consultancy
Doing the work is not the same as advising on the work.
Tender language, translated
EOI, RFQ, ITT, addendum — misread a word and lose on a technicality.
Most tenders die on paperwork
Fix the admin stack before you polish the proposal.
Compliance for funding
Yourself → family → private → institutions. Each stage demands compliance.
Tourism licences A–L
Match the activity to the letter. Wrong category stalls the application.
Micro-lender vs pawnshop
Different risk, different paperwork. P20k liquidity is a reserve, not capital.
Next
Ready to move?
Pick a path on Pricing — or send a brief.