THE MARKET BELONGS TO EVERYONE’
When Thapelo Tebogo Moribame joined the Botswana Stock Exchange in August 2016, she arrived as an economist entering a highly...
FROM CASH TO CODE
Absa Bank Botswana is not asking the informal economy to fit into banking. It is reshaping banking to fit into...
HOW TO SELL A 129-YEAR-OLD BANK WITHOUT BREAKING IT
As Standard Chartered Bank Botswana prepares for a quarter four (Q4) change of shareholder, CEO Mpho Masupe and CFO Tapiwa...
INSIDE THE ENGINE ROOM OF THE BSE: How Botswana Is Building Africa’s Next Capital-Raising Hub
Having witnessed much of this evolution first-hand, Mmolai discusses how technology continues to reshape the market, including the BSE’s exploration...
DANGOTE LISTING BECOMES TEST OF BOTSWANA’S CAPITAL MARKETS AMBITION
The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is making an ambitious pitch to position itself as a regional capital-raising hub, and at...
Africa in the eyes of Aliko Dangote
When Aliko Dangote talks about business, he doesn’t talk about profit first. He talks about the doors that were closed...
TRADE WITH OURSELVES FIRST: STANDARD BANK’S ANDREW MASHANDA ON HOW AFRICA CAN DODGE GEOPOLITICAL CROSSFIRE
As US-China-EU tensions reshape global trade, Standard Bank’s Africa Regions head says the continent’s best defence is self-reliance, the...
From Gaborone to Wall Street: BSE opens global markets to local investors
The Botswana Stock Exchange has dual-listed three Satrix funds, giving local investors one-click access to the S&P 500, MSCI...
MASCOM’S STRATEGIC SHIFT: FROM INTERNAL NEED TO MARKET OPPORTUNITY
The Mascom Innovation Centre was initially developed to support Mascom’s own growing technology and operational requirements. That origin is important....
CAPRICORN GROUP’S FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
If the Capricorn Group story is about legitimacy and national ambition, its financial story is about discipline. Johan Maass, Group...
