Paratus Botswana expands network coverage to Tati Siding

Johannesburg, 07 Nov 2025

Increasing access to reliable, high-speed internet services in Botswana.

Paratus Botswana is extending its national network coverage to Tati Siding, near Francistown. This expansion forms part of the company’s broader strategy to increase access to reliable, high-speed internet services for more communities and businesses across the country.

Paratus will initially deliver fixed wireless and microwave broadband services for both residential and enterprise customers. The company’s focus is to offer consistent speeds and stable, reliable connections, as it does elsewhere in Botswana, drawing capacity from the Paratus national backbone infrastructure, which includes the Gaborone-Plumtree route and the Kalahari Fiber network. The interconnected routes link key regional hubs and provide multiple pathways, ensuring that customers in Tati Siding benefit from sufficient capacity, reliable throughput and redundancy to maintain consistent service delivery.

Tati Siding forms part of a region experiencing renewed economic activity and infrastructure growth. By extending its network footprint here, Paratus strengthens regional connectivity and supports ongoing efforts to drive digital and economic progress across Botswana.

“Our expansion into Tati Siding is a meaningful step in extending reliable connectivity to more communities across Botswana,” said Shawn Bruwer, Managing Director of Paratus Botswana. “Each network milestone strengthens national connectivity and helps communities take part in the opportunities technology brings.”

As part of its social investment programme, Paratus Botswana is currently exploring opportunities to support a local school by providing internet connectivity or in-kind contributions. To mark the network expansion, Paratus will also run a free installation promotion for residential customers until 28 November 2025.

Paratus Botswana

Paratus Botswana is part of the Paratus Group, a pan-African network operator. Paratus Botswana offers leading network connectivity, internet, voice, satellite, and hosting solutions that can support any business with a full-service and full-coverage network. Established in 2016, Paratus Botswana has grown significantly and operates an extensive network covering over 90% of the population. Since its acquisition of BBi in 2022, Paratus is a diversified telecommunications company that offers a host of services to both businesses – large and small – and residences across Botswana.

With this unrivalled infrastructure and network system, and a Gateway license, Paratus Botswana offers unmatched diverse network routing that ensures its customers benefit from an unlimited, quality, and stable connection all the time.

As a critical connection point, Botswana is well situated geographically in Southern Africa to serve as a transit between countries. By leveraging its international network, Paratus can open up and create new opportunities for Botswana.

In delivering Africa’s quality network, Paratus Botswana thinks big and believes passionately in the potential of Africa. The company is investing in infrastructure and in delivering unlimited, reliable, and affordable connectivity.

Paratus

Paratus is committed to raising the bar on providing quality connectivity in Africa. With an eye on the future, the group is investing in infrastructure and establishing itself as a key player in delivering integrated network services across the continent. Among its many and diverse achievements, the group has invested in and launched the East-to-West Africa fiber route and the express route from Johannesburg to the rest of the world.

Paratus Group has operations in 15 African countries and employs over 800 employees across the group. This connects African businesses across the continent and delivers end-to-end service excellence. The group’s footprint extends beyond Africa to international points of presence (PoPs) in Europe, the UK and the USA.

Born and bred in Africa, Paratus is thinking big as it grows its footprint to deliver Africa’s quality network. The Group aims to deliver real value and services to communities across Africa, while making a positive contribution to transformation in terms of both the people and the environment.

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