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If you’re an active investor/or a keen follower of capital markets, especially on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), you would have probably noticed that the share…
A review of the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) from 1…
That asset price question hung over at the Botswana Insurance Fund Management (Bifm) Breakfast seminar. The answer, it seems, is complicated. As experts who attempted the answer noted, prices of listed companies keep rising even as company fundamentals weaken, in these unprecedented times of Botswana’s economy. But predicting when, or if, the share price of the companies will come down remains a
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In the first half of 2025, Absa Bank Botswana’s core engine—retail and business banking— proved it can attract more customers and diversify income for shareholders. But higher costs and rising bad loans owing to challenges in the economy meant that less of that growth is flowing through to profit after tax. The bank’s total profit after tax fell
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Absa Bank Botswana has paid more to attract deposits, squeezing shareholders’ final profits. The bank is aggressively turning to new funding tools and fresh income streams to shield investor returns. Banks work a lot like shops. Instead of selling food or clothes, their “stock” is money. They “buy” it from depositors by paying interest, and then “sell” it
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When Absa Bank Botswana’s Managing Director announced that the bank would not pay a dividend for the first half of the year, some investors were caught off guard. While profits were down by more than a quarter during the first half of the year, from P428.6 million to 319.6 million, investors had braced for at least a smaller
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More than 80% of shareholders at Botswana Telecommunications Limited’s (BTCL) Annual General Meeting on 23…
The broker’s research shows that the company also pays good dividends—about 4.6%—which is almost double what peer companies in the region are paying.
Letlole La Rona (LLR) says it will pull out of its investment in Orbit Africa…