BBS eyes BSE listing

BBS plans to apply for a banking license soon
BBS plans to apply for a banking license soon

FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana Building Society (BBS) aims to list on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) once it transforms into a fully-fledged commercial bank.

Addressing shareholders at a meeting held this week to update them on the Society’s demutualisation process, managing director, Pius Molefe said BBS would operate for two years as a commercial bank before it lists on the BSE. “The plan is for our shares to be traded over the counter (OTC) and not at the main bourse,” he said.

Over-the-counter or off-exchange trading is done directly between two parties, without the direct supervision of an exchange.

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