Author: Staff Writer

You may have heard the terms sustainable investing, social investing, mission-related investing or screening. They have been used interchangeably with Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) investing,…

Botswana’s inflation shot up by 2.0 Percentage Points (ppt) in September 2023, printing 3.2% year-on-year (y/y) from 1.2% in August. This was mainly attributed to elevated…

Standard Chartered Botswana has come to the market with 3 times better results for its half year ended 30 June 2023, reporting a 239% increase in…

Letlole La Rona’s (LLR) property assets are heavily weighted towards industrial which the company said has proved to be a resilient asset class over the years.…

Billions in pula of pension funds’ assets are expected to flow into Botswana in line with new Pension Fund Rules (PFR) which have set asset allocation…

At a recent panel discussion, Thato Ungwang, an investment expert apprised an audience of investment stakeholders on the primary impact of ESG investing when managing pension…

Q1 2023 GDP printed a 5.4% growth mainly mining-driven although the economy was broad-based; activity came from the mining and non-mining sectors. Mining activity recorded the…

Commercial banks’ liquidity has stabilised during the second quarter of 2023, driven by a “bond that matured”, a treasury expert said. Giving an overview of “stable…

Historically, Letlole La Rona (LLR) has had assets and kept them as long as they were returning a profit. But the group has been grappling with…

First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) has seen its investment securities rise by P618 million for its full year ended 30 June 2023 owing to a successful…