Vol.23 No.123

Monday 21 August 2006    
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Business Week
BIHL Records Impressive Results
Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited (BIHL), a Botswana Stock Exchange listed insurance holding company, announced impressive earnings for the half year ended June 30. The impressive results were attributed to the continual emergence of mortality surplus, coupled with improvement in embedded assets.

LPG Increases Cost Of Living
Despite a reduction in the July inflation, the fuel and power indices remained high following an increase in the price of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG), the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reported.

Consultants Hired For Agriculture Pilot
With land and water being a major restriction for agriculture in Botswana, the Ministry of Agriculture has commissioned a consultancy that will look into a model that could reduce poverty in the country despite these challenges.

SADC Boasts Higher Economic Growth In 2005
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) as a region recorded a higher economic growth rate of 5 percent in 2005, up from 4.1 percent in 2004, officials said on Wednesday.

An Insurance Consultant
Considering factors that lead to death these days and the rate at which crime and accidents occur, there is need for insurance. Douglas Nkiwane, a Senior Insurance Consultant at First Sun Alliance Insurance Brokers in Francistown maintains that insurance is essential in today's world.

  

 
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