🇧🇼 Send P250 in Botswana: fees by provider
To send P250 in Botswana, fees range from P5.00 (MyZaka, the cheapest) to P6.00. Which provider you pick genuinely changes what you pay.
How much does it cost to send P250 in Botswana?
To send P250 in Botswana, the cheapest provider is MyZaka at P5.00; the priciest charges P6.00. Receiving is free; the total includes the operator's tier fee. Comparison verified June 2026.
P250 is a small everyday sum in Botswana — roughly a combi fare in Gaborone and airtime. Botswana has three mobile money operators — Orange Money, MyZaka (Mascom) and Smega (BTC) — in a pula that floats on a rand-heavy SDR basket.
At this size the fixed fee dominates — one consolidated send beats two split sends. The cheapest (MyZaka) works out at 2.0%; a flat fee, where it applies, still counts at this size.
At P250, this amount falls in a pricing band where a flat P6 fee applies at the reference provider. This is the top band: the tariff does not change above it. At this size (P250), the reflex is to pay a Gaborone merchant straight from the Orange wallet via the merchant code — a combi fare, airtime, a sandwich carry no operator fee on a direct debit instead of a withdraw-then-cash chain.
Compare all providers for P250
| Provider | Fee | Levy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
MYZMyZakaCheapest | P5.00 | None | P5.00 |
SMGSmega | P5.09 | None | P5.09 |
ORGOrange | P6.00 | None | P6.00 |
Indicative verified fees; any applicable government levy is included in the total.
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