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The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has announced that Namibia and Botswana have agreed to reduce roaming charges, with cuts of up to over 60% starting in August 2024. The new rates will lower costs for calls, SMS and data, with reductions reaching up to 94% for data and 89% for calls. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) and Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) have told Telecom Namibia (TN Mobile) and Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) and Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTC), Mascom Wireless Botswana (Mascom) and Orange Botswana (Orange) to slash roaming prices. Observer Money asked Shoki Kandjimi,…